Renato Berta


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.

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
1969Charles, Dead or Alive
1969Long Live Death
1970Eyes Do Not Want to Close at All Times, or, Perhaps One Day Rome Will Allow Herself to Choose in Her Turn
1970Marie pleine de grâce
1971The Salamander
1971On the Point of Death
1972History Lessons
1972
1973Einleitung zu Arnold Schoenbergs Begleitmusik zu einer LichtspielsceneDocumentary short
1973Le Retour d'Afrique
1973Sexologos
1973The Awful Manners
1973Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektors
1974La Paloma
1974The Middle of the World
1974SchattenreiterTelefilm
1975Moses and Aaron
1975The Wonderful Crook
1976Shadow of Angels
1976Der Gehülfe
1976Fortini/CaniDocumentary
1976Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
1976The Big Night
1976Sartre by HimselfDocumentary
1977San Gottardo
1977The Indians Are Still Far Away
1977A. Constant
1977Repérages
1978His Master's Voice
1978Violanta
1978Alzire or the New Continent
1979Messidor
1980Every Man for Himself
1980Return to Marseilles
1981Max Frisch, Journal I-III
1981Seuls
1981Das Haus im ParkTelefilm
1981Notre Dame de la CroisetteDocumentary
1982Hécate
1983The Wounded Man
1983Imitation of LifeTV documentary
1984Vive les femmes!
1984Full Moon in Paris
1984Tosca's KissDocumentary
1984Le Voyage d'AntoineShort film
1985Rendez-vousNominated—César Award for Best Cinematography
1985L'AtelierTV documentary
1985Hurlevent
1985L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
1986Taxi Boy
1986Corps et biens
1987Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt
1987Jenatsch
1987Au revoir les enfantsCésar Award for Best Cinematography
1987Les Innocents
1988Ada in the Jungle
1989Chimère
1989Twister
1990May Fools
1990Uranus
1991Le Film du Cinéma Suisse-
1991Viaggio in ItaliaTelefilm
1991Nothing But Lies
1992Off Season
1993L'Instinct de l'ange
1993Next Time the Fire
1993Smoking/No SmokingNominated—César Award for Best Cinematography
1994The Death of MolièreVideo
1995Adultery: A User's Guide
1995Zihron Devarim
1995Das geschriebene GesichtDocumentary
1996Le Géographe Manuel
1996Party
1996ChimèreTelefilm
1997Voyage to the Beginning of the World
1997Le Silence de Rak
1997Same Old Song
1998Anxiety
1998Yom Yom
1999Kadosh
1999VanaprasthamMalayalam film
1999Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland
2000Vive nous!
2000Kippur
2000Merci pour le chocolat
2000Word and Utopia
2000Addio Lugano bella
2001Workers, Peasants
2001Eden
2002Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers
2002The Uncertainty Principle
2002Lulu
2003UmiliatiShort film
2003Il ritorno del figlio prodigoShort film
2003Three-Step Dance
2003Alila
2003Not on the Lips
2004Une visite au LouvreDocumentary
2004My Father Is an Engineer
2004The Last Mitterrand
2005Roger Diamantis ou La vraie vieDocumentary
2005Code 68
2005Magic Mirror
2006Quei loro incontri
2007Max & Co
2008Artemis' KneeShort film
2009Anonymes
2009Joachim Gatti, variation de lumièreDocumentary short
2010O somma luceShort film
2010Noi credevamoDavid di Donatello for Best Cinematography
Nominated—Globo d'oro for Best Cinematography
2010Belleville-Tokyo
2011An HeirShort film
2011L'InconsolableShort film
2012Lullaby to My FatherDocumentary
2012Gebo and the Shadow
2012A Child of Yours
2012Asfouri
2013Dialogue d'ombresShort film
2014LeopardiNominated—David di Donatello for Best Cinematography
2014O Velho do ResteloShort film
2014Chafariz das VirtudesShort film
2015In the Shadow of Women
2015For This Is My Body
2019Le sel des larmes