Colo Tavernier O'Hagan

Colo Tavernier O'Hagan
Born	Claudine Elizabeth O'Hagan (1942-07-30)30 July 1942 Guildford, Surrey, England
Died	13 June 2020(2020-06-13) (aged 77) Paris, France
Occupation	Screenwriter
Spouse	Bertrand Tavernier ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1981)​
Children	2; including Nils Tavernier

Colo Tavernier O'Hagan (30 July 1942 – 12 June 2020) was a British-French screenwriter.

Early life

Claudine Elizabeth O'Hagan was born in Guildford, Surrey, to an Irish father and a French-Spanish mother.[1]

Career

Tavernier O'Hagan is best known for collaborations with her former husband, director Bertrand Tavernier, writing screenplays for his movies A Week's Vacation (1980), A Sunday in the Country (1984), which earned her the César Award for Best Adaptation, Beatrice (1987), Daddy Nostalgie (1990) and The Bait (1995). With Claude Chabrol, she also co-wrote the screenplay for Story of Women (1988).[2]

In 2013, she published a book, Les Maux Des Mots.[2]

Personal life

Tavernier O'Hagan was married to director Bertrand Tavernier from 1965 to 1981. They had two children, Nils and Tiffany.[1]

Death

Colo Tavernier O'Hagan died of cancer on 12 June 2020, at the age of 77.[3][4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1980	A Week's Vacation	Bertrand Tavernier
1984	A Sunday in the Country		César Award for Best Adaptation Nominated — National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
1986	Round Midnight		French translation
1987	Beatrice		Nominated — César Award for Best Writing
1988	Story of Women	Claude Chabrol	Bogota Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay (shared with Claude Chabrol)
1987	Summer Interlude	Daniel Vigne
1990	Daddy Nostalgie	Bertrand Tavernier
1995	Le petit garçon	Pierre Granier-Deferre
	The Bait	Bertrand Tavernier
2008	Geliebte Clara	Helma Sanders-Brahms
2017	Paris la blanche	Lidia Terki

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1988	Sueurs froides	Episode: "Coup de pouce"
1989	Haute tension	Episode: "Le Bois de justice"
1993	Un pull par-dessus l'autre
1995	Les mercredis de la vie	Episode: "Charlotte dite 'Charlie'"
1997	Un arbre dans la tête
1999	Chasseurs d'écume	Miniseries, 2 episodes
2003	Le gang des poupées
2003	Papa maman s'ront jamais grands
2005	Une vie
2007	Les jurés
2008	La maison Tellier
2011	Joseph l'insoumis

References

1. Keslassy, Elsa (14 June 2020). "Colo Tavernier O'Hagan, Screenwriter of 'Fresh Bait,' 'Round Midnight,' Dies". Variety. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
2. Tartaglione, Nancy (14 June 2020). "Colo Tavernier O'Hagan Dies: Screenwriter Of 'A Sunday In The Country', 'Daddy Nostalgia' & More".
3. "Décès de la scénariste césarisée Colo Tavernier". Le Point (in French). Agence France-Presse. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
4. "Disparition de Colo O'Hagan Tavernier". Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (in French). 15 June 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

External links

• Colo Tavernier O'Hagan at IMDb