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name: "Jean-Michel Bernard"
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fi1m_id: "jean-michel-bernard"
imdb_id: "nm0076259"
tmdb_id: 4278
wikidata_id: "Q3167947"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "23 November 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T20:56:39.547456+00:00"
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# Jean-Michel Bernard

## Identity

Jean-Michel Bernard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-michel-bernard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-michel-bernard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0076259
- **TMDB ID:** 4278
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3167947
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Michel_Bernard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3167947, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076259/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4278

Composer. Born 23 November 1961 in France.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 November 1961, France
- **Active:** 2006–2008
- **Also known as:** JMB
- **Frequently works with:** [Georges Bermann](https://film.one/person/georges-bermann.md), [Michel Gondry](https://film.one/person/michel-gondry.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Michel_Bernard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3167947, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076259/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4278

## Biography

Jean-Michel Bernard (born 23 November 1961) is a French pianist, composer, orchestrator and music producer. He is credited as composer on the films *The Science of Sleep* (2006) and *Be Kind Rewind* (2008), both directed by Michel Gondry, with whom he has collaborated frequently.

Bernard began playing the piano at the age of two. He won first prize at the Bordeaux Conservatory at 14 and graduated from the École Normale de Musique de Paris. At 19 he recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. He pursued a jazz career, performing with artists including Wild Bill Davis, Jimmy Woode and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. From 1987 to 1991 he was musical director and conductor of the radio show *L’Oreille en Coin* on France Inter. Between 2000 and 2003 he performed with the Ray Charles Quartet on tour as organist and conductor.

His film work includes scores for *Hugo* (2011), *Paris-Manhattan* (2012) and *Ca$h* (2008). In 2007 he won the France Musique/UCMF prize at the Cannes Film Festival for *The Science of Sleep* and was nominated for Discovery of the Year at the World Soundtrack Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Be Kind Rewind* (2008), Fi1m 65, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/be-kind-rewind.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *At Work* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Maya, Give Me a Title* (2024), Music
- *Lalo Schifrin, Mission: Impossible - Conducted by Victor Jacob* (2023), as Piano
- *Thank God We Have Each Other* (2022), Music
- *Piano Cinéma* (2022), Music, Musician, Original Music Composer, Music Arranger
- *Ballad for a Pierced Heart* (2020), Co-Producer, Music
- *Love at First Child* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Alison* (2015), Music
- *Mind Your Own Business* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *La vie à l'envers* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Des frères et des sœurs* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Love Punch* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Obsessive Rhythms* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Paris-Manhattan* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Uncle Charles* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Welcome Aboard* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Small World* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *A Pain in the Ass* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Passaic Mosaic* (2008), Thanks
- *Ca$h* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Be Kind Rewind* (2008), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/be-kind-rewind.md)
- *My Place in the Sun* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Science of Sleep* (2006), as Policier qui joue au piano · Original Music Composer
- *The Officers' Ward* (2001), Music
- *Michel Strogoff* (1998), series, Music
- *Madame Bovary* (1991), Music
- *Quiet Days in Clichy* (1990), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Jean-Michel Bernard](https://film.one/media/person/1281351/gallery-b2df9843a70d.jpg) Jean-Michel Bernard — Boungawa, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Jean-Michel_Bernard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jean-Michel Bernard - pianist (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/1281351/gallery-cb8b1a02120a.jpg) Jean-Michel Bernard - pianist (2022) — PrincedeBatavia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Jean-Michel_Bernard_-_pianist.jpg/1280px-Jean-Michel_Bernard_-_pianist.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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