Chris Bernard
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| Born | 20 October 1955 Liverpool  England |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1985 - 2003 |
Chris Bernard (20 October 1955 –), is an English film director. He has directed eight films since 1985.
He was born in Liverpool, England and started his profeesional 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 scipt writer for the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. His debut film was Letter to Brezhnev.
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| NAME | Bernard, Chris |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1 August 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool England |
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