Chris Bernard
Chris Bernard (born 20 October 1955) is an English film director. He has directed eight films since 1985. 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 on to open the National Theatre- Cottesloe Theatre with their celebrated production of ILLUMINATUS!
Chris Bernard
- Name
- Chris Bernard
- Born
- 20 October 1955
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, England
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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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.
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• Name — Chris Bernard • Born — 20 October 1955 • Birthplace — Liverpool, England • Occupation — Film director • Years Active — 1985–2003
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Chris Bernard (born 20 October 1955) is recorded as a director. Chris Bernard was born on 20 October 1955 in Liverpool.
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• Letter to Brezhnev (1985)
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