Portrait of Pascal Bonitzer

Writing

Pascal Bonitzer

Career

Active from 1976 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for La Belle Noiseuse
La Belle Noiseuse
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Pascal Bonitzer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 7
  • French Cinema 6
  • Psychological Tension 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Psychological 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Crime Drama 3
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Nagasaki
Nagasaki

Director, Screenplay

2020s

6 titles · average score 67
Maigret and the Dead Lover
Maigret and the Dead Lover (2026)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay, Director

Hugo
Hugo (2026)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

La Fille d'un grand amour
La Fille d'un grand amour (2025)

as Professeur Femis

Auction
Auction (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Writer

Last Summer
Last Summer (2023)
GoodWatch score 71

Co-Writer

Benedetta
Benedetta (2021)
GoodWatch score 73

Script Consultant

2010s

9 titles · average score 59
The Spellbound
The Spellbound (2019)
GoodWatch score 53

Writer, Director

The Young Karl Marx
The Young Karl Marx (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Right Here Right Now
Right Here Right Now (2016)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay, Director

The Innocents
The Innocents (2016)
GoodWatch score 81

Adaptation, Dialogue

Valentin Valentin
Valentin Valentin (2015)
GoodWatch score 55

Writer

Gemma Bovery
Gemma Bovery (2014)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

Murder in Pacot
Murder in Pacot (2014)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

Looking for Hortense
Looking for Hortense (2012)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay, Director

Chantrapas
Chantrapas (2011)
GoodWatch score 59

as producer

2000s

16 titles · average score 58
Around a Small Mountain
Around a Small Mountain (2009)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

Great life
Great life (2009)

Writer

The Great Alibi
The Great Alibi (2008)
GoodWatch score 40

Director, Screenplay

The Duchess of Langeais
The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer

Made in Paris
Made in Paris (2006)
GoodWatch score 51

Director, Writer

Changing Times
Changing Times (2004)
GoodWatch score 51

Writer

The Story of Marie and Julien
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer

Small Cuts
Small Cuts (2003)
GoodWatch score 50

Writer, Director

Hot House
Hot House (2003)

Writer

Man of the Crowds
Man of the Crowds (2001)

Writer

Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001)
GoodWatch score 71

Dialogue, Scenario Writer

Lumumba
Lumumba (2000)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

1990s

20 titles · average score 71
Nothing About Robert
Nothing About Robert (1999)
GoodWatch score 61

as Man in bookstore

Secret Defense
Secret Defense (1998)
GoodWatch score 78

Scenario Writer, Writer

Genealogies of a Crime
Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
GoodWatch score 62

as Le directeur d'école

Three Lives and Only One Death
Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

The Lambs
The Lambs (1996)

Screenplay

Encore
Encore (1996)

as Bergère

Up, Down, Fragile
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
GoodWatch score 88

Writer

Joan the Maid II: The Prisons
Joan the Maid II: The Prisons (1994)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer, Dialogue

Joan the Maid I: The Battles
Joan the Maid I: The Battles (1994)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

My Favorite Season
My Favorite Season (1993)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer

La Belle Noiseuse
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
GoodWatch score 89

Screenplay, Dialogue

Night and Day
Night and Day (1991)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

1980s

17 titles · average score 64
Dark Woods
Dark Woods (1989)

Writer

Gang of Four
Gang of Four (1989)
GoodWatch score 86

Dialogue, Scenario Writer

The Beggars
The Beggars (1988)

Screenplay

Daniel Asleep
Daniel Asleep (1988)

as Delmas

The Innocents
The Innocents (1987)
GoodWatch score 56

Adaptation, Screenplay

Golden Eighties
Golden Eighties (1986)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer

Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime (1986)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (1985)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

Love on the Ground
Love on the Ground (1984)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer

Cheaters
Cheaters (1984)
GoodWatch score 56

Writer

Liberty Belle
Liberty Belle (1983)

as Hotel client

Simone Barbès or Virtue
Simone Barbès or Virtue (1980)
GoodWatch score 59

as Un client de la boîte de nuit

1970s

3 titles · average score 65
The Bronte Sisters
The Bronte Sisters (1979)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

The Suspended Vocation
The Suspended Vocation (1978)

as Jérôme 2

I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…
I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother… (1976)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay