Camera · b. 1945 · Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland

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.

Directed
Le film du cinéma suisse 1991
Cinematography
The Tasters 2025 The Plough 2023 The King of Laughter 2021 Il Buco 2021 The Salt of Tears 2020 France Against the Robots 2020 People of the Lake 2018 Strange Birds 2017 Lover for a Day 2017 Stalin's Couch 2016 In the Shadow of Women 2015 Leopardi 2014 The Old Man of Belem 2014 Dialogue of Shadows 2013 Asfouri 2012 Gebo and the Shadow 2012 You, Me and Us 2012 Un héritier 2012 Belleville Tokyo 2011 O somma luce 2011 L’inconsolable 2011 We Believed 2010 The Witches, Women Among Themselves 2009 Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière 2009 Buried Secrets 2009 Artemide’s Knee 2008 Max & Co 2007 These Encounters of Theirs 2006 Magic Mirror 2006 The Last Mitterrand 2005 A Visit to the Louvre 2004 Incantati 2003 Not on the Lips 2003 Alila 2003 Three-Step Dance 2003 Marie-Jo and Her 2 Loves 2002 Dolando 2002 The Uncertainty Principle 2002 Workers, Peasants 2001 Eden 2001 Nightcap 2000 Word and Utopia 2000 Kippur 2000 Vive nous! 2000 Kadosh 1999 Beresina 1999 Vanaprastham 1999 Inquietude 1998 Day After Day 1998 Same Old Song 1997 Voyage to the Beginning of the World 1997 Party 1996 Things 1995 Kazuo Ohno 1995 The Written Face 1995 Adultery (A User's Guide) 1995 La mort de Molière 1994 Smoking / No Smoking 1993 Off Season 1992 Nothing But Lies 1991 May Fools 1990 Uranus 1990 Twister 1989 Chimère 1989 Au Revoir les Enfants 1987 Jenatsch 1987 The Innocents 1987 The Death of Empedocles 1987 Rosa la rose, fille publique 1986 Taxi Boy 1986 L'Homme aux yeux d'argent 1985 Wuthering Heights 1985 Rendez-vous 1985 Tosca's Kiss 1984 Full Moon in Paris 1984 Year of the Jellyfish 1984 The Wounded Man 1983 Les Havres 1983 Notre Dame de la Croisette 1983 Unguided Tour 1983 Imitation of Life 1983 Hecate 1982 Inventaire lausannois 1982 Max Frisch, Journal I-III 1981 Every Man for Himself 1980 Father Goupil 1980 Messidor 1979 His Master's Voice 1978 Violanta 1978 A. Constant 1977 San Gottardo 1977 The Indians Are Still Far Away 1977 Fortini/Cani 1977 Faces of Love 1977 The Big Night 1976 Shadow of Angels 1976 Der Gehülfe 1976 Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 1976 Sartre by Himself 1976 The Wonderful Crook 1975 Death of the Flea Circus Director 1975 Moses and Aaron 1975 H.P. Lovecraft: The Shadow Out of Time 1975 The Middle of the World 1974 La Paloma 1974 The Awful Manners 1974 Return from Africa 1973 Tonight or Never 1973 Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene 1973 History Lessons 1972 The Salamander 1971 Othon 1971 Charles, Dead or Alive 1970
Acting
Renato Berta, face caméra Self 2022 Revoir Hiroshima... Self 2013 In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter Self 2012 Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle 2010 Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense Self 2010 Defense of the Time 2007 Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember Self 1997
Other Credits
Lullaby to my Father Cinematography 2012 Roger Diamantis or Real Life Cinematography 2005 The Return of the Prodigal Son Cinematography 2003 Humiliated Cinematography 2003 The Silence of Rak Cinematography 1997
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