Renato Berta
Camera1945Bellinzona, 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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
The Tasters
Director of Photography
2023
The Plough
Director of Photography
2022
Renato Berta, face caméra
as Self
2021
Il Buco
Director of Photography
The King of Laughter
Director of Photography
2020
The Salt of Tears
Director of Photography
France Against the Robots
Director of Photography
2018
People of the Lake
Director of Photography
2017
Strange Birds
Director of Photography
Lover for a Day
Director of Photography
2016
Stalin's Couch
Director of Photography
2015
In the Shadow of Women
Director of Photography
2014
Leopardi
Director of Photography
The Old Man of Belem
Director of Photography
2013
Revoir Hiroshima...
as Self
Dialogue of Shadows
Director of Photography
2012
Lullaby to my Father
Cinematography
You, Me and Us
Director of Photography
Gebo and the Shadow
Director of Photography
Un héritier
Director of Photography
Asfouri
Director of Photography
2011
Belleville Tokyo
Director of Photography
O somma luce
Director of Photography
L’inconsolable
Director of Photography
2010
We Believed
Director of Photography
2009
Buried Secrets
Director of Photography
The Witches, Women Among Themselves
Director of Photography
Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière
Director of Photography
2008
Artemide’s Knee
Director of Photography
2007
Max & Co
Director of Photography
2006
Kulturplatz
TVas Self• 1 eps
Magic Mirror
Director of Photography
These Encounters of Theirs
Director of Photography
2005
The Last Mitterrand
Director of Photography
Roger Diamantis or Real Life
Cinematography
2004
A Visit to the Louvre
Director of Photography
2003
Alila
Director of Photography
Not on the Lips
Director of Photography
Three-Step Dance
Director of Photography
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Cinematography
Incantati
Director of Photography
Humiliated
Cinematography
2002
Marie-Jo and Her 2 Loves
Director of Photography
The Uncertainty Principle
Director of Photography
Dolando
Director of Photography
2001
Eden
Director of Photography
Workers, Peasants
Director of Photography
2000
Word and Utopia
Director of Photography
Kippur
Director of Photography
Vive nous!
Director of Photography
Nightcap
Director of Photography
1999
1998
Day After Day
Director of Photography
Inquietude
Director of Photography
1997
Same Old Song
Director of Photography
Voyage to the Beginning of the World
Director of Photography
The Silence of Rak
Cinematography
1996
Party
Director of Photography
1995
Adultery (A User's Guide)
Director of Photography
Things
Director of Photography
The Written Face
Director of Photography
Kazuo Ohno
Director of Photography
1994
La mort de Molière
Director of Photography
1993
Smoking / No Smoking
Director of Photography
1992
Off Season
Director of Photography
1991
Le film du cinéma suisse
Director
Nothing But Lies
Director of Photography
1987
The Innocents
Director of Photography
Jenatsch
Director of Photography
The Death of Empedocles
Director of Photography
Au Revoir les Enfants
Director of Photography
1986
Rosa la rose, fille publique
Director of Photography
Taxi Boy
Director of Photography
1985
Rendez-vous
Director of Photography
Wuthering Heights
Director of Photography
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
Director of Photography
1984
Full Moon in Paris
Director of Photography
Year of the Jellyfish
Director of Photography
Tosca's Kiss
Director of Photography
1983
The Wounded Man
Director of Photography
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Director of Photography
Unguided Tour
Director of Photography
Les Havres
Director of Photography
Imitation of Life
Director of Photography
1982
Hecate
Director of Photography
Inventaire lausannois
Director of Photography
1981
Max Frisch, Journal I-III
Director of Photography
1980
Every Man for Himself
Director of Photography
Father Goupil
Director of Photography
1979
Messidor
Director of Photography
1978
His Master's Voice
Director of Photography
Violanta
Director of Photography
1977
A. Constant
Director of Photography
San Gottardo
Director of Photography
Faces of Love
Director of Photography
Fortini/Cani
Director of Photography
The Indians Are Still Far Away
Director of Photography
1976
Shadow of Angels
Director of Photography
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
Director of Photography
Sartre by Himself
Director of Photography
Der Gehülfe
Director of Photography
The Big Night
Director of Photography
1975
The Wonderful Crook
Director of Photography
Death of the Flea Circus Director
Director of Photography
Moses and Aaron
Director of Photography
H.P. Lovecraft: The Shadow Out of Time
Director of Photography
1974
The Middle of the World
Director of Photography
La Paloma
Director of Photography
The Awful Manners
Director of Photography
1973
Return from Africa
Director of Photography
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene
Director of Photography
Tonight or Never
Director of Photography
1972
History Lessons
Director of Photography
1971
The Salamander
Director of Photography
Othon
Director of Photography
1970
Charles, Dead or Alive
Director of Photography