Renato Berta is a Swiss cinematographer and film director, best known for his collaborations with directors Alain Tanner and Jean-Marie Straub. Trained at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, Berta has worked as cinematographer in more than 100 films since 1969. He won a César Award for Best Cinematography for Au revoir les enfants in 1988 and a David di Donatello for Best Cinematography for We Believed in 2011.
In 2013, he was awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Filmography
Year Title Notes1969Charles, Dead or Alive 1969Long Live Death1970Eyes Do Not Want to Close at All Times, or, Perhaps One Day Rome Will Allow Herself to Choose in Her Turn1970Marie pleine de grâce1971The Salamander1971On the Point of Death1972History Lessons19721973Einleitung zu Arnold Schoenbergs Begleitmusik zu einer LichtspielsceneDocumentary short1973Le Retour d'Afrique1973Sexologos1973The Awful Manners1973Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektors19741974The Middle of the World1974SchattenreiterTelefilm1975Moses and AaronAdditional Photography1975The Wonderful Crook1976Shadow of Angels1976Der Gehülfe1976Fortini/CaniDocumentary1976Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 20001976The Big Night1976Sartre by HimselfDocumentary1977San Gottardo1977The Indians Are Still Far Away1977A. Constant1977Repérages1978His Master's Voice1978Violanta1978Alzire or the New Continent1979Messidor1980Every Man for Himself1980Return to Marseilles1981Max Frisch, Journal I-III1981Seuls19811981Notre Dame de la CroisetteDocumentary1982Hécate1983The Wounded Man1983Imitation of LifeTV documentary 1984Vive les femmes!1984Full Moon in Paris1984Tosca's KissDocumentary1984Le Voyage d'AntoineShort film1985Rendez-vousNominated—César Award for Best Cinematography1985L'AtelierTV documentary1985Hurlevent1985L'Homme aux yeux d'argent1986Taxi Boy1986Corps et biens1987Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt1987Jenatsch1987Au revoir les enfantsCésar Award for Best Cinematography1987Les Innocents1988Ada in the Jungle1989Chimère1989Twister1990May Fools1990Uranus1991Le Film du Cinéma Suisse1991Viaggio in ItaliaTelefilm1991Nothing But Lies1992Off Season1993L'Instinct de l'ange1993Next Time the Fire1993Smoking/No SmokingNominated—César Award for Best Cinematography1994The Death of MolièreVideo1995Adultery: A User's Guide1995Zihron Devarim1995Das geschriebene GesichtDocumentary1996Le Géographe Manuel1996Party1996ChimèreTelefilm1997Voyage to the Beginning of the World1997Le Silence de Rak1997Same Old Song1998Anxiety1998Yom Yom1999Kadosh1999VanaprasthamMalayalam film(India)1999Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland2000Vive nous!2000Kippur2000Merci pour le chocolat2000Word and Utopia2000Addio Lugano bella2001Workers, Peasants2001Eden2002Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers2002The Uncertainty Principle2002Lulu2003UmiliatiShort film2003Il ritorno del figlio prodigoShort film2003Three-Step Dance2003Alila2003Not on the Lips2004Une visite au LouvreDocumentary2004My Father Is an Engineer2004The Last Mitterrand2005Roger Diamantis ou La vraie vieDocumentary2005Code 682005Magic Mirror2006These Encounters of Theirs2007Max & Co2008Artemis' KneeShort film2009Anonymes2009Joachim Gatti, variation de lumièreDocumentary short2010O somma luceShort film2010We BelievedDavid di Donatello for Best CinematographyNominated—Globo d'oro for Best Cinematography2010Belleville-Tokyo2011An HeirShort film2011L'InconsolableShort film2012Lullaby to My FatherDocumentary2012Gebo and the Shadow2012A Child of Yours2012Asfouri2013Dialogue d'ombresShort film2014LeopardiNominated—David di Donatello for Best Cinematography2014O Velho do ResteloShort film2014Chafariz das VirtudesShort film2015In the Shadow of Women2015For This Is My Body2019The Salt of Tears 2023 The Plough 2025 The Tasters
References
External links
Renato Berta on AFC