Guy Bernard

Birthday:

05/19/1907

Place of birth:

Chauny, France:

Biography:

Guy Bernard (born May 19, 1907 in Chauny, Aisne, died July 28, 1979 in Vallauris) was a French musician, composer of many film scores. Guy Bernard is interested during his studies in Egyptology, but music quickly becomes his vocation. He became a journalist and music critic. The war broke out at the end of his musical studies, and after being taken prisoner of war, he returned to Paris in 1945 where he devoted himself to the emerging movement of film clubs. He joined SACEM in 19462. The author of numerous articles and music for the radio, he was also the author of numerous soundtracks for films, from the end of the 1940s to the 1950s. From the 1960s he mainly directs documentaries and short films.