Bernard Bourgade
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Manager
1973, Bernard Bourgade is 19 years old.
It is with the fury linked to this age that he knows that he will make films! The cinematographic techniques are heavy and the doors difficult to open. Self-taught, thirst for knowledge and jack-of-all-trades, he will alternately be assistant director, stage manager, editor, production manager...
His determination and his enthusiasm are his passport. In 1977, he knocked on doors. Sylvie Genevoix opens hers for him. She will introduce him to the directors Yvon Girault, Ado Kyrou, Patrick Jeudy... He will be their assistant. He relentlessly chain, documentaries, institutional films, advertising films... In 1982, Yvon Girault introduced him to Michèle Arnaud. Fascinating innovator, he will be for her, Production Manager and he will make, thanks to her, his first achievements. In 1985, it was Denis Freyd, production manager at INA, who took him on board in the creation of his company "Pixigraph", the first computer-generated image company, where he was in charge of Production Management. In 1986, it was the meeting with Jean Cazès who entrusted him with the Production Management of Initial Groupe: Franco-American series on gastronomy produced by Jean-Louis Comoli, 14 contre 1, 1st interactive video disc produced by Laurent Heynemann, Le Miraculé by Jean Pierre Mocky, Les Jeux de Société by Éric Rohmer, La Femme de mes Amours coproduit with Sergio Gobbi.
We are at the beginning of the '90s, the computer boom, which affects and serves most of the other industrial sectors, makes him réaliser that cinema is running in the middle of the desert. The excitement that had taken hold of him almost 20 years earlier is catching up with him. He decided to devote himself exclusively to thinking, designing and developing dedicated IT tools for Assistant Directors and Production Managers and an audiovisual rights management application. For nearly 20 years, this will occupy all of his days and many of his nights.
It is with the fury linked to this age that he knows that he will make films! The cinematographic techniques are heavy and the doors difficult to open. Self-taught, thirst for knowledge and jack-of-all-trades, he will alternately be assistant director, stage manager, editor, production manager...
His determination and his enthusiasm are his passport. In 1977, he knocked on doors. Sylvie Genevoix opens hers for him. She will introduce him to the directors Yvon Girault, Ado Kyrou, Patrick Jeudy... He will be their assistant. He relentlessly chain, documentaries, institutional films, advertising films... In 1982, Yvon Girault introduced him to Michèle Arnaud. Fascinating innovator, he will be for her, Production Manager and he will make, thanks to her, his first achievements. In 1985, it was Denis Freyd, production manager at INA, who took him on board in the creation of his company "Pixigraph", the first computer-generated image company, where he was in charge of Production Management. In 1986, it was the meeting with Jean Cazès who entrusted him with the Production Management of Initial Groupe: Franco-American series on gastronomy produced by Jean-Louis Comoli, 14 contre 1, 1st interactive video disc produced by Laurent Heynemann, Le Miraculé by Jean Pierre Mocky, Les Jeux de Société by Éric Rohmer, La Femme de mes Amours coproduit with Sergio Gobbi.
We are at the beginning of the '90s, the computer boom, which affects and serves most of the other industrial sectors, makes him réaliser that cinema is running in the middle of the desert. The excitement that had taken hold of him almost 20 years earlier is catching up with him. He decided to devote himself exclusively to thinking, designing and developing dedicated IT tools for Assistant Directors and Production Managers and an audiovisual rights management application. For nearly 20 years, this will occupy all of his days and many of his nights.