He works as a screenwriter, playwright, film director and professor at University of São Paulo. He graduated in film from the University of São Paulo’s School of Communication and Arts. His short films were Lyrics (1991) and Mutant… (2002, 26th Mostra). His feature length debut came with codirecting the film Body (2007, 31st Mostra), in partnership with Rossana Foglia, following it up with Waiting Telê (2009) and Super Nothing (2012, 36th Mostra).

Born in Charleroi, Belgium, in 1936. Bernardet is professor emeritus at University of São Paulo, cinema theorist, critic, filmmaker, screenwriter, writer, playwright and actor. As an actor, he participated in films such as Orgia (1969), by João Silvério Trevisan, Sweet Thieves (1977, 44th Mostra), by Fernando Coni Campos, and Before the End (2017, 41st Mostra), by Cristiano Burlan. He signs the script for films such as Case of the Naves Brothers (1967, 37th Mostra), by Luís Sérgio Person. Bernardet directed Eterna Esperança (1972), São Paulo, Sinfonia e Cacofonia (1994) and Sobre Anos 60 (1999).