Bernard, Patrick Mario

(August 1961, Thionville, Moselle, France - ) and Trividic, Pierre (April I, 1957, Quimper, Finistère, France - )

   After studying plastic arts and graduating with a DNSEP (Diplôme National Supérieur d'Expression Plastique / Superior National Diploma of Plastic Expression) in 1986, Patrick Mario Bernard was the winner of the "Aide à la creation" (Help to Crea­tion) award in 1987 and 1990. Besides his collabora­tion with Pierre Trividic, he created the decors and the costumes of Gertrude Stein's Marguerite Ida & Helena Annabel Opera (1992) and of Heiner Muller's play Soirée prussienne (also co-director with Didier Doumergue, 1995). He also co-directed, with Didier Doumergue, Murasaki Shikibu, and Marguerite Your-cenar, Fragment-Nô (also decors, 1998). Pierre Trividic studied law, history, and cinema (at the IDHEC). Then he was awarded an external Villa Medici Bursary in 1994. He co-wrote Un Dîner avec M. Boy et la Femme qui aime Jésus (short, Pascale Ferran, 1989), Petits Ar­rangements avec les Morts / USA: Coming to Terms with the Dead (Pascale Ferran, 1994), Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le Train / USA: Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (Patrice Chéreau, 1998), Les Deux Vies du Chat Radiguet (TV documentary, Jean-Christophe Averty, 1998), 2006 Lady Chatterley (TV version: Lady Chatterley et l'Homme des Bois, Pascale Ferran, France / Belgium), and 2007 La Clé (Guillaume Nicloux). Other credit (Patrick Mario Bernard, as actor): 2008 L'Autre Rive (short, Fabrice Camoin).

 Filmography

1989 ◘ Réflexions sur la Puissance motrice de l'Amour (Pierre Trividic only; short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1991 ◘ La Différence entre l'Amour (Pierre Trividic only; short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

2001 ◘ Ceci est une Pipe (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

2003 ◘ Dancing (co-director with Xavier Brillat; also screenwriter, actor)

2008 ◘ L'Autre ( also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1990 ◘ Treize Brouillons pour un Portrait d'Averty (Pierre Trividic only; documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1994 ◘ Jules Verne (Pierre Trividic only; documentary; also screenwriter)

1998 ◘ Un Siècle d'Ecrivains (documentary; episode "Le Cas Howard Philips Lovecraft"; co-director with Xavier Brillat)

2006 ◘ Une Famille parfaite (also screenwriter, dialogist)