Bertrand Bonello is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and composer. His background is in classical music, and he lives between Paris and Montreal. His work has also been associated with the New French Extremity. His film The Pornographer won the FIPRESCI prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Tiresia was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. His film House of Tolerance, a depiction of daily life in a fin-de-si�cle Parisian bordello, premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. His 2014 film Saint Laurent competed for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also selected as France's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. 

September 11th, 1968 in Nice (Age 55)