Colo Tavernier O'Hagan (30 July 1942 – 12 June 2020) was a British-French screenwriter.
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Early life
Claudine Elizabeth O'Hagan was born in Guildford, Surrey, to an Irish father and a French-Spanish mother.
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).
In 2013, she published a book, Les Maux Des Mots.
Personal life
Tavernier O'Hagan was married to director Bertrand Tavernier from 1965 to 1981. They had two children, Nils and Tiffany.
Death
Colo Tavernier O'Hagan died of cancer on 12 June 2020, at the age of 77.