Person
Renato Berta
Camera · Born 1945-03-02 · Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland
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.
Known for
Kulturplatz
Self
Sartre by Himself
Director of Photography
Stalin's Couch
Director of Photography
Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle
2010
Au Revoir les Enfants
Director of Photography
Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember
Self
The Tasters
Director of Photography
Max & Co
Director of Photography
Taxi Boy
Director of Photography
Year of the Jellyfish
Director of Photography
Filmography
- 2025The TastersDirector of Photography
- 2023The PloughDirector of Photography
- 2022Renato Berta, face caméraSelf
- 2021Il BucoDirector of Photography
- 2021The King of LaughterDirector of Photography
- 2020The Salt of TearsDirector of Photography
- 2020France Against the RobotsDirector of Photography
- 2018People of the LakeDirector of Photography
- 2017Strange BirdsDirector of Photography
- 2017Lover for a DayDirector of Photography
- 2016Stalin's CouchDirector of Photography
- 2015In the Shadow of WomenDirector of Photography
- 2014The Old Man of BelemDirector of Photography
- 2014LeopardiDirector of Photography
- 2013Revoir Hiroshima...Self
- 2013Dialogue of ShadowsDirector of Photography
- 2012You, Me and UsDirector of Photography
- 2012AsfouriDirector of Photography
- 2012Lullaby to my FatherCinematography
- 2012Gebo and the ShadowDirector of Photography
- 2012In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner SchroeterSelf
- 2012Un héritierDirector of Photography
- 2011L’InconsolableDirector of Photography
- 2011Belleville TokyoDirector of Photography
- 2011O somma luceDirector of Photography
- 2010We BelievedDirector of Photography
- 2010Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui PenseSelf
- 2010Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle
- 2009Joachim Gatti, variation de lumièreDirector of Photography
- 2009Buried SecretsDirector of Photography
- 2009The Witches, Women Among ThemselvesDirector of Photography
- 2008Artemide’s KneeDirector of Photography
- 2007Max & CoDirector of Photography
- 2007Defense of the Time
- 2006These Encounters of TheirsDirector of Photography
- 2006Magic MirrorDirector of Photography
- 2005Roger Diamantis or Real LifeCinematography
- 2005The Last MitterrandDirector of Photography
- 2004KulturplatzSelf
- 2004A Visit to the LouvreDirector of Photography
- 2003Not on the LipsDirector of Photography
- 2003Three-Step DanceDirector of Photography
- 2003AlilaDirector of Photography
- 2003The Return of the Prodigal SonCinematography
- 2003HumiliatedCinematography
- 2003IncantatiDirector of Photography
- 2002Marie-Jo and Her 2 LovesDirector of Photography
- 2002The Uncertainty PrincipleDirector of Photography
- 2002DolandoDirector of Photography
- 2001Workers, PeasantsDirector of Photography
- 2001EdenDirector of Photography
- 2000Word and UtopiaDirector of Photography
- 2000NightcapDirector of Photography
- 2000KippurDirector of Photography
- 2000Vive nous!Director of Photography
- 1999BeresinaDirector of Photography
- 1999KadoshDirector of Photography
- 1999VanaprasthamDirector of Photography
- 1998Day After DayDirector of Photography
- 1998InquietudeDirector of Photography
- 1997Same Old SongDirector of Photography
- 1997Marcello Mastroianni: I RememberSelf
- 1997The Silence of RakCinematography
- 1997Voyage to the Beginning of the WorldDirector of Photography
- 1996PartyDirector of Photography
- 1995The Written FaceDirector of Photography
- 1995Adultery (A User's Guide)Director of Photography
- 1995ThingsDirector of Photography
- 1995Kazuo OhnoDirector of Photography
- 1994La mort de MolièreDirector of Photography
- 1993Smoking / No SmokingDirector of Photography
- 1992Off SeasonDirector of Photography
- 1991Nothing But LiesDirector of Photography
- 1991Le film du cinéma suisseDirector
- 1990UranusDirector of Photography
- 1990May FoolsDirector of Photography
- 1989TwisterDirector of Photography
- 1989ChimèreDirector of Photography
- 1987The InnocentsDirector of Photography
- 1987The Death of EmpedoclesDirector of Photography
- 1987Au Revoir les EnfantsDirector of Photography
- 1987JenatschDirector of Photography
- 1986Taxi BoyDirector of Photography
- 1986Rosa la rose, fille publiqueDirector of Photography
- 1985L'Homme aux yeux d'argentDirector of Photography
- 1985Wuthering HeightsDirector of Photography
- 1985Rendez-vousDirector of Photography
- 1984Year of the JellyfishDirector of Photography
- 1984Full Moon in ParisDirector of Photography
- 1984Tosca's KissDirector of Photography
- 1983Les HavresDirector of Photography
- 1983The Wounded ManDirector of Photography
- 1983Notre Dame de la CroisetteDirector of Photography
- 1983Unguided TourDirector of Photography
- 1983Imitation of LifeDirector of Photography
- 1982HecateDirector of Photography
- 1982Inventaire lausannoisDirector of Photography
- 1981Max Frisch, Journal I-IIIDirector of Photography
- 1980Father GoupilDirector of Photography
- 1980Every Man for HimselfDirector of Photography
- 1979MessidorDirector of Photography
- 1978His Master's VoiceDirector of Photography
- 1978ViolantaDirector of Photography
- 1977Fortini/CaniDirector of Photography
- 1977Faces of LoveDirector of Photography
- 1977A. ConstantDirector of Photography
- 1977San GottardoDirector of Photography
- 1977The Indians Are Still Far AwayDirector of Photography
- 1976Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000Director of Photography
- 1976Sartre by HimselfDirector of Photography
- 1976The Big NightDirector of Photography
- 1976Shadow of AngelsDirector of Photography
- 1976Der GehülfeDirector of Photography
- 1975Moses and AaronDirector of Photography
- 1975Death of the Flea Circus DirectorDirector of Photography
- 1975The Wonderful CrookDirector of Photography
- 1975H.P. Lovecraft: The Shadow Out of TimeDirector of Photography
- 1974The Middle of the WorldDirector of Photography
- 1974La PalomaDirector of Photography
- 1974The Awful MannersDirector of Photography
- 1973Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic SceneDirector of Photography
- 1973Return from AfricaDirector of Photography
- 1973Tonight or NeverDirector of Photography
- 1972History LessonsDirector of Photography
- 1971The SalamanderDirector of Photography
- 1971OthonDirector of Photography
- 1970Charles, Dead or AliveDirector of Photography
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