JEAN-MICHEL BERNARD COMPOSER Credits Include The Love Punch (2014) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234261/ Hugo (2011) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970179/ Be Kind Rewind (2008) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799934/ The Science of Sleep (2006) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354899/ Biography Jean-Michel Bernard began playing the piano at the age of two. When he was 14, he received first place at the Bordeaux Conservatory and later graduated from the Paris Ecole Normale de Musique. At 19, he recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, whilst pursuing a career as a jazz musician and performing with prominent Jazz artists such as Wild Bill Davis, Jimmy Woode (Duke Ellington s bassist) and Eddie Davis among others. His career as a composer began with animated films, then as musical director of the successful radio show «L Oreille en Coin» on National Pubic Radio France Inter from 1987 to 1991. Collaborators include Philip Kaufman, Lalo Schifrin, Ennio Morricone, Claude Bolling, and many more. Between 2000 and 2003, he performed with the Ray Charles Quartet on the European and Australian tours as organist and conductor, this guy is a genius Ray used to say concerning Jean-Michel Bernard. He also scored many documentaries and commercials during the 90 s. He frequently works with director Michel Gondry and has composed songs for films including Human Nature and the Science of Sleep, which screened at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals. He was nominated for the World Soundtrack Awards in 2007 as discovery of the year and won the France Musique/UCMF award at the Cannes Film Festival the same year, In 2008 he scored the music for Michel Gondry s Be Kind Rewind, Cash by Eric Besnard, and A Pain in the Ass by Francis Veber. The same day Be Kind Rewind was shown at Sundance Festival, Jean-Michel Bernard performed alongside rapper/singer Mos Def and Gondry, an avid drummer. The following year, the Cannes Film Festival invited him to represent France in the film music concert program. He also received an award for his achievement outside of his native country from the European Union of Film Music s (UCMF) and was appointed as sound designer for both HBO s channel and website. In 2010 he collaborated with French actress and director Fanny Ardant on her film Chimères Absentes and worked on Academy Award winning Hugo by Martin Scorsese. In 2013, he collaborated again with Fanny Ardant for her movie Cadences Obstinées starring Gerard Depardieu and scored the music of Love Punch by Joel Hopkins starring Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson, in 2015 he scored Love at First Child by Anne Giafferi.
Jean-Michel has conducted master classes at Cannes Film Festival as well as in Montreal, Angers, La Rochelle, and more recently in Aubagne, where he performed a live version of Jazz For Dogs, an album co-created with Kimiko Ono and featuring a number of prestigious guests including Fanny Ardant, Francis Lai and Laurent Korcia. In 2014, Jean-Michel Bernard began teaching film music classes at the Paris Conservatory and was guest of honor with Michael Giacchino at the Audi Talent Awards in Paris with the Paris Symphonic Orchestra, at Braunschweig Festival and at Soundtrack Cologne Festival. He participated as composer, arranger and performer on the upcoming album by The Avalanches and scored Terra, a contemporary dance project which premiered at the Coronet in London in March 2016. Film Credits Love at First Child (2015) Benji Films Directed by Anne Giafferi The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Musician s Contractor: Paris Fox Searchlight Productions Directed by Wes Anderson Obsessive Rhythms (2013) Alfama Films Directed by Fanny Ardant The Love Punch (2013) Songs: Mon Désarroi, La Ballade de Gibraltar Process Media Directed by Joel Hopkins Paris-Manhattan (2012) Vendôme Production Directed by Sophie Lellouche L oncle Charles (2012) Les Productions du Champ Poirier Directed by Etienne Chatiliez Bienvenue à bord (2011) Songs: Au creux de la vague,trajectories Pathé Directed by Eric Lavaine Hugo (2011) Performer: Si Tu Veux Marguerite Producer-orchestrations: Ca Gaze, Aubade Charmeuse, Carinosa, Si Tu Veux Marguerite - Pathé Directed by Martin Scorsese
Qui a envie d être aimé (2010) Elephant-France 3 Directed by Anne Giafferi Je n ai rien oublié (2010) Quad Productions Directed by Bruno Chiche A Pain in the Ass (2008) Pulsar Films Directed by Francis Veber Ca$h (2008) Pulsar Films Directed by Eric Besnard Be Kind Rewind (2008) Performer: I Ain t Got Nobody, Your Feets Too Big, Solitude, Mr Fletcher s Song Writer: Mr Fletcher s Song New Line Cinema Directed by Michel Gondry Grace is Gone (2007) : Stock Music Weinstein Company Directed by James C. Strouse Détrompez-Vous (2007) Studio Canal Directed by Bruno Dega Ma place au soleil (2007) Song: You Don t Know Me, I Don t Know You StudioCanal Directed by Eric de Montalier The Science of Sleep (2006) Songs: If You Rescue Me, Golden the Pony Boy Directed by Michel Gondry In the City (2003) Writer: Pour Toujours Canal + España Directed by Cesc Gay The Officer s Ward (2001) France 2 Cinéma Directed by François Dupeyron
Human Nature (2001) : Lila s Songs Hair Everywhere, Au dehors frémit la pluie, Here with You New Line Productions Directed by Michael Gondry L ame-soeur (1999) Quad Productions Directed by Jean-Marie Bigard Madame Bovary (1991) MK2 Productions Directed by Claude Chabrol Jours tranquilles à Clichy (1991) AtoZ Productions Directed by Claude Chabrol TV Credits Collection rue des ravissantes: Boris Vian fait son cinema (2015) De quoi je me mêle France 2 Directed by Pablo Larcuen La vie à l envers (2014) TV Movie Caminando Productions Directed by Annie Giafferi Des frères et des soeurs (2013) TV Movie Directed by Annie Giafferi Vieilles canailles (2010) Fontana Directed by Arnaud Sélignac Marsupilami (2000) Animation TVSeries Marathon-Walt Disney Pyramide (1991) Sony Television Productions
Short Film Credits Bonne Année Charles (2016) Rester Là (2014) Directed by Fabien Daphy Le Faux Pas (2011) Directed by Sonia Buchman Chimères Absentes (2010) Directed by Fanny Ardant Freud s Magic Powder (2009) Directed by Eduard Getaz-USA Tapis Rouge (2009) Land of Fantasy Directed by Max Azoulay The Making of Be Kind Rewind (2008) Documentary Directed by Lance Bangs Lubrique (2008) Directed by Sonia Buchman, Julie Merle The Making of The Science of Sleep (2007) Documentary Directed by Jeff Buchanan J ai Plein de Projets (2007) La 17ème Marche (2007) Chamane (1987) Directed by Thomas Gilou Video Game Credits The Sims Makin Magic (2003) Directed by Will Wright