Renato Berta

Biography

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 Noi credevamo in 2011. In 2013, he was awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Source: Article "Renato Berta" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

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Au Revoir les Enfants

(1987) Director of Photography

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Rendez-vous

(1985) Director of Photography

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Nightcap

(2000) Director of Photography

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May Fools

(1990) Director of Photography

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Every Man for Himself

(1980) Director of Photography

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Full Moon in Paris

(1984) Director of Photography

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The King of Laughter

(2021) Director of Photography

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Same Old Song

(1997) Director of Photography

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2022	Self	Renato Berta, face caméra 2022-05-03 Movie
2013	Self	Revoir Hiroshima... 2013-12-31 Movie
2012	Self	In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter 2012-07-03 Movie
2010	Self	Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense 2010-09-02 Movie
	N/A	Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle 2010-08-11 Movie
2007	N/A	Verteidigung der Zeit 2007-05-22 Movie
1997	Self	Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember 1997-09-10 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Director of Photography	The Plough 2023-03-08 Movie
2021	Director of Photography	Il Buco 2021-09-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	The King of Laughter 2021-09-09 Movie
2020	Director of Photography	The Salt of Tears 2020-10-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	France Against the Robots 2020-08-15 Movie
2018	Director of Photography	People of the Lake 2018-01-08 Movie
2017	Director of Photography	Strange Birds 2017-05-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Lover for a Day 2017-05-31 Movie
2016	Director of Photography	Stalin's Couch 2016-11-13 Movie
2015	Director of Photography	In the Shadow of Women 2015-05-27 Movie
2014	Director of Photography	The Old Man of Belem 2014-12-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	Leopardi 2014-10-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Chafariz das Virtudes 2014-09-23 Movie
2013	Director of Photography	Dialogue of Shadows 2013-10-25 Movie
2012	Director of Photography	You, Me and Us 2012-12-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Asfouri 2012-12-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	Gebo and the Shadow 2012-09-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Un héritier 2012-02-08 Movie
2011	Director of Photography	L'Inconsolable 2011-08-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Belleville Tokyo 2011-06-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	O somma luce 2011-01-05 Movie
2010	Director of Photography	We Believed 2010-11-12 Movie
2009	Director of Photography	Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière 2009-11-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Buried Secrets 2009-09-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Le streghe, femmes entre elles 2009-04-07 Movie
2008	Director of Photography	Artemide's Knee 2008-06-07 Movie
2006	Director of Photography	These Encounters of Theirs 2006-09-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Magic Mirror 2006-03-09 Movie
2005	Director of Photography	The Last Mitterrand 2005-02-16 Movie
2004	Director of Photography	A Visit to the Louvre 2004-04-17 Movie
2003	Director of Photography	Not on the Lips 2003-12-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	Alila 2003-06-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Incantati 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Director of Photography	Marie-Jo and Her 2 Lovers 2002-06-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Uncertainty Principle 2002-05-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dolando 2002-01-01 Movie
2001	Director of Photography	Workers, Peasants 2001-09-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Eden 2001-08-29 Movie
2000	Director of Photography	Word and Utopia 2000-11-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Nightcap 2000-10-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Kippur 2000-09-07 Movie
1999	Director of Photography	Beresina 1999-08-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Vanaprastham 1999-05-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Kadosh 1999-01-01 Movie
1998	Director of Photography	Anxiety 1998-05-19 Movie
1997	Director of Photography	Same Old Song 1997-11-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	Voyage to the Beginning of the World 1997-05-05 Movie
1996	Director of Photography	Party 1996-06-27 Movie
1995	Director of Photography	The Written Face 1995-09-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Adultery (A User's Guide) 1995-05-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Things 1995-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Kazuo Ohno 1995-01-01 Movie
1994	Director of Photography	La mort de Molière 1994-01-17 Movie
1993	Director of Photography	Smoking / No Smoking 1993-12-15 Movie
1992	Director of Photography	Off Season 1992-09-23 Movie
1991	Director of Photography	Nothing But Lies 1991-12-11 Movie
1990	Director of Photography	Uranus 1990-12-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	May Fools 1990-01-24 Movie
1989	Director of Photography	Twister 1989-06-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Chimère 1989-05-26 Movie
1987	Director of Photography	The Innocents 1987-12-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Death of Empedocles 1987-10-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Au Revoir les Enfants 1987-10-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Jenatsch 1987-06-01 Movie
1986	Director of Photography	Rosa la Rose, Public Girl 1986-03-02 Movie
1985	Director of Photography	L'Homme aux yeux d'argent 1985-11-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Wuthering Heights 1985-10-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	Rendez-vous 1985-05-15 Movie
1984	Director of Photography	Full Moon in Paris 1984-08-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Tosca's Kiss 1984-08-12 Movie
1983	Director of Photography	Les Havres 1983-07-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Wounded Man 1983-05-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Notre Dame de la Croisette 1983-02-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Unguided Tour 1983-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Imitation of Life 1983-01-01 Movie
1982	Director of Photography	Hecate 1982-10-22 Movie
1981	Director of Photography	Max Frisch, Journal I-III 1981-01-20 Movie
1980	Director of Photography	Every Man for Himself 1980-09-08 Movie
1979	Director of Photography	Messidor 1979-03-14 Movie
1978	Director of Photography	His Master's Voice 1978-02-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Violanta 1978-02-22 Movie
1977	Director of Photography	Fortini/Cani 1977-11-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Location Hunting 1977-11-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	A. Constant 1977-10-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	San Gottardo 1977-04-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Indians Are Still Far Away 1977-03-19 Movie
1976	Director of Photography	The Big Night 1976-10-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sartre by Himself 1976-10-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Shadow of Angels 1976-09-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Assistant 1976-04-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 1976-01-01 Movie
1975	Director of Photography	Moses and Aaron 1975-03-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	H.P. Lovecraft: Schatten aus der Zeit 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Director of Photography	The Middle of the World 1974-09-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	La Paloma 1974-08-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Wonderful Crook 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Director of Photography	Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene 1973-04-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	Return from Africa 1973-03-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Tonight or Never 1973-02-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Death of the Flea Circus Director 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	Director of Photography	History Lessons 1972-09-10 Movie
1971	Director of Photography	The Salamander 1971-10-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	Othon 1971-01-13 Movie
1970	Director of Photography	Charles, Dead or Alive 1970-01-15 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2012	Cinematography	Lullaby to my Father 2012-10-30 Movie
2003	Cinematography	The Return of the Prodigal Son 2003-04-23 Movie
	Cinematography	Humiliated 2003-03-24 Movie
1998	Cinematography	Day After Day 1998-09-02 Movie
1997	Cinematography	The Silence of Rak 1997-07-09 Movie
	Cinematography	Inventaire lausannois Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv