Bernardo Bertolucci Death
Bernardo passed away on November 26, 2018 at the age of 78 in Rome, Italy. Bernardo's cause of death was lung cancer.
When did Bernardo Bertolucci die?
November 26, 2018How did Bernardo Bertolucci die? What was the cause of death?
Lung cancerHow old was Bernardo Bertolucci when died?
78Where did Bernardo Bertolucci die? What was the location of death?
Rome, Italy
Bernardo Bertolucci Birthday and Date of Death
Bernardo Bertolucci was born on March 16, 1940 and died on November 26, 2018. Bernardo was 78 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: March 16, 1940
Date of Death: November 26, 2018
Age at Death: 78
Bernardo Bertolucci - Biography
Bernardo Bertolucci (born 16 March 1940) is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky and The Dreamers. In recognition of his work, he was presented with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or Award at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Bertolucci was born in the Italian city of Parma, in the region of Emilia-Romagna. He was the elder son of Ninetta (Giovanardi), a teacher, and Attilio Bertolucci, who was a poet, a reputed art historian, anthologist and film critic. His mother was born in Australia, to an Italian father and an Irish mother. Having been raised in an artistic environment, Bertolucci began writing at the age of fifteen, and soon after received several prestigious literary prizes including the Premio Viareggio for his first book. His father's background helped his career: the elder Bertolucci had helped the Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini publish his first novel, and Pasolini reciprocated by hiring Bertolucci as first assistant in Rome on Accattone (1961).
In 1987, Bertolucci directed the epic The Last Emperor, a biographical film telling the life story of Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the last Emperor of China. The film was independently produced by British producer Jeremy Thomas, who Bertolucci worked with almost exclusively from then on. The film was independently financed and three years in the making. Bertolucci won the Academy Award for Best Director. Bertolucci co-wrote the film with Mark Peploe. The Last Emperor uses Puyi's life as a mirror that reflects China's passage from feudalism through revolution to its current state.
