Bernard studied English at the
University of Toronto, then worked as a concert photographer in Vancouver. After becoming involved with production and writing treatments for several productions, he directed his first music video in 2001 for the Canadian band
Jersey. In 2003, Bernard received two separate nominations for The
Juno Award’s Video of The Year, for his videos for
David Usher’s “
Black Black Heart” and
Danko Jones’ “Lovercall”. Bernard later transitioned from VFX-heavy music videos to the VR space first as an Executive Producer on the project Dark Ride, an advertisement for
Lexus. He subsequently began working with the production company SAMO VR, producing the 2016
Eden VR music video “Drugs”. In 2017, Bernard became the Executive Producer at Fever Content, a Los Angeles-based Immersive Entertainment company and, in 2019, left the company to focus on other projects. == Filmography ==