Jean-Claude Bernardet

Personal Info

Birthday

August 2, 1936

Day of Death

2025-07-12

(88 years old)

Place of Birth

Charleroi, Belgium

Jean-Claude Bernardet

Biography

Jean-Claude Bernardet OMC (Charleroi, August 2, 1936 – São Paulo, July 12, 2025) was a Belgian film theorist, film critic, filmmaker, actor, screenwriter and writer, naturalized Brazilian.

Known For

FilmeFobia

Cama Vazia

The Man in the Box

Sweet Thieves

Bird Boy

A Navalha do Avô

Nuvem Negra

Filmography

2025
Os Ruminantes
as self
2023
Cama Vazia
as Jean-Claude Bernardet
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
Utopia, Distopia
as Self
2019
Letter Beyond the Walls
as Self
Nuvem Negra
as Velho
2018
The City of Pirates
as Self (archive footage)
Bird Boy
as Vizinho 1
2016
The Destruction of Bernardet
as himself
2014
Compêndio da Vida de um Homem Gasto e o Seu Último Desejo Perante Ela
as Himself
2013
A Navalha do Avô
as José
2012
The Screenwriter
as Himself
2008
FilmeFobia
as Jean-Claude
2007
Person
as Self
2002
O Cineasta das Platéias
as Himself
2001
1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
as Self
1994
The Man in the Box
as Especialista estrangeiro
1977
Sweet Thieves
as Jean-Claude Rouch