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 We Believed in 2011.^[1]

Renato Berta
Born	(1945-03-02) 2 March 1945 (age 80) Bellinzona, Switzerland
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, Film director
Years active	1969–present

In 2013, he was awarded the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes
1969	Charles, Dead or Alive
1969	Long Live Death
1970	Eyes Do Not Want to Close at All Times, or, Perhaps One Day Rome Will Allow Herself to Choose in Her Turn
1970	Marie pleine de grâce
1971	The Salamander
1971	On the Point of Death
1972	History Lessons
1972	Tonight or Never [it]
1973	Einleitung zu Arnold Schoenbergs Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene	Documentary short
1973	Le Retour d'Afrique
1973	Sexologos
1973	The Awful Manners
1973	Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektors
1974	La Paloma [fr]
1974	The Middle of the World
1974	Schattenreiter	Telefilm
1975	Moses and Aaron	Additional Photography
1975	The Wonderful Crook
1976	Shadow of Angels
1976	Der Gehülfe
1976	Fortini/Cani	Documentary
1976	Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
1976	The Big Night
1976	Sartre by Himself	Documentary
1977	San Gottardo
1977	The Indians Are Still Far Away
1977	A. Constant
1977	Repérages
1978	His Master's Voice
1978	Violanta
1978	Alzire or the New Continent
1979	Messidor
1980	Every Man for Himself
1980	Return to Marseilles
1981	Max Frisch, Journal I-III
1981	Seuls
1981	Das Haus im Park [de]
1981	Notre Dame de la Croisette	Documentary
1982	Hécate
1983	The Wounded Man
1983	Imitation of Life	TV documentary
1984	Vive les femmes!
1984	Full Moon in Paris
1984	Tosca's Kiss	Documentary
1984	Le Voyage d'Antoine	Short film
1985	Rendez-vous	Nominated—César Award for Best Cinematography
1985	L'Atelier	TV documentary
1985	Hurlevent
1985	L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
1986	Taxi Boy
1986	Corps et biens
1987	Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt
1987	Jenatsch
1987	Au revoir les enfants	César Award for Best Cinematography
1987	Les Innocents
1988	Ada in the Jungle
1989	Chimère
1989	Twister
1990	May Fools
1990	Uranus
1991	Le Film du Cinéma Suisse
1991	Viaggio in Italia	Telefilm
1991	Nothing But Lies
1992	Off Season
1993	L'Instinct de l'ange
1993	Next Time the Fire
1993	Smoking/No Smoking	Nominated—César Award for Best Cinematography
1994	The Death of Molière	Video
1995	Adultery: A User's Guide
1995	Zihron Devarim
1995	Das geschriebene Gesicht	Documentary
1996	Le Géographe Manuel
1996	Party
1996	Chimère	Telefilm
1997	Voyage to the Beginning of the World
1997	Le Silence de Rak
1997	Same Old Song
1998	Anxiety
1998	Yom Yom
1999	Kadosh
1999	Vanaprastham	Malayalam film(India)
1999	Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland
2000	Vive nous!
2000	Kippur
2000	Merci pour le chocolat
2000	Word and Utopia
2000	Addio Lugano bella
2001	Workers, Peasants
2001	Eden
2002	Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers
2002	The Uncertainty Principle
2002	Lulu
2003	Umiliati	Short film
2003	Il ritorno del figlio prodigo	Short film
2003	Three-Step Dance
2003	Alila
2003	Not on the Lips
2004	Une visite au Louvre	Documentary
2004	My Father Is an Engineer
2004	The Last Mitterrand
2005	Roger Diamantis ou La vraie vie	Documentary
2005	Code 68
2005	Magic Mirror
2006	These Encounters of Theirs
2007	Max & Co
2008	Artemis' Knee	Short film
2009	Anonymes
2009	Joachim Gatti, variation de lumière	Documentary short
2010	O somma luce	Short film
2010	We Believed	David di Donatello for Best Cinematography Nominated—Globo d'oro for Best Cinematography
2010	Belleville-Tokyo
2011	An Heir	Short film
2011	L'Inconsolable	Short film
2012	Lullaby to My Father	Documentary
2012	Gebo and the Shadow
2012	A Child of Yours
2012	Asfouri
2013	Dialogue d'ombres	Short film
2014	Leopardi	Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Cinematography
2014	O Velho do Restelo	Short film
2014	Chafariz das Virtudes	Short film
2015	In the Shadow of Women
2015	For This Is My Body
2019	The Salt of Tears
2023	The Plough
2025	The Tasters