Chris Bernard
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Chris Bernard is an English film director
. He has directed eight films since 1985
.
He was born in Liverpool
, England
and started his professional career in the theatre. In 1977 he developed an old warehouse, in Matthew Street, Liverpool
into a theatre venue and was a founder member and Company Manager of the acclaimed Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool which went onto to open the National Theatre
- Cottesloe Theatre with their celebrated production of ILLUMINATUS! Written and directed by Ken Campbell
& Chris Langham
and starring Prunella Gee
, Jim Broadbent
and David Rappaport
.
Bernard directed his first play The Immortalist by Heathcote Williams
and went on to direct others, most notably The Maids by Jean Genet
, Lainey Robertson’s The Insanity of Mary Girard and Heroes, about the war poet Wilfred Owen
.
After working as a script writer for the Channel 4
soap opera Brookside
. His debut film was Letter to Brezhnev
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. He has directed eight films since 1985
1985 in film
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He was born in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and started his professional career in the theatre. In 1977 he developed an old warehouse, in Matthew Street, Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
into a theatre venue and was a founder member and Company Manager of the acclaimed Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool which went onto to open the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
- Cottesloe Theatre with their celebrated production of ILLUMINATUS! Written and directed by Ken Campbell
Ken Campbell
Ken Campbell was an English writer, actor, director and comedian.Ken Campbell may also refer to:* Ken Campbell , Canadian evangelist* Ken Campbell , former Scotland international goalkeeper...
& Chris Langham
Chris Langham
Christopher "Chris" Langham is an English writer, actor and comedian. He is most famous for playing MP Hugh Abbot in BBC Four sitcom The Thick of It and as presenter Roy Mallard in People Like Us, first on BBC Radio 4 and later on its transfer to television on BBC Two, where Mallard is almost...
and starring Prunella Gee
Prunella Gee
Prunella Gee is an English actress.She studied at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where she won the Spotlight Award for Best Actress...
, Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent
James "Jim" Broadbent is an English theatre, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in Iris, Moulin Rouge!, Topsy-Turvy, Hot Fuzz, and Bridget Jones' Diary...
and David Rappaport
David Rappaport
David Stephen Rappaport was an English actor, probably one of the best known dwarf actors in television and film...
.
Bernard directed his first play The Immortalist by Heathcote Williams
Heathcote Williams
Heathcote Williams is an English poet, actor and award-winning playwright. He is also an intermittent painter, sculptor and long-time conjuror...
and went on to direct others, most notably The Maids by Jean Genet
Jean Genet
Jean Genet was a prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing...
, Lainey Robertson’s The Insanity of Mary Girard and Heroes, about the war poet Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War...
.
After working as a script writer for the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
soap opera Brookside
Brookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
. His debut film was Letter to Brezhnev
Letter to Brezhnev
Letter to Brezhnev is a 1985 British comedy film about working class life in contemporary Liverpool. It was written by Frank Clarke and directed by Chris Bernard. It starred Alfred Molina, Peter Firth, Tracy Lea, Alexandra Pigg, Margi Clarke amongst others...
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