Bertrand Tavernier, the veteran French director of a host of acclaimed films including A Sunday in the Country, Round Midnight and These Foolish Things, has died aged 79.
However, Devaivre fell out with Tavernier, and the director found himself accused by French critics of attacking the New Wave.
Born in Lyon in 1941, Tavernier was the son of magazine publisher René Tavernier, whose anti-Nazi principles would greatly influence Bertrand.
In 2002 Tavernier turned to the French film industry itself as a subject with Safe Conduct, based on a memoir by Jean Devaivre and focusing on the Nazi occupation.