Bernard Rose

Bernard Rose

1960-08-04 London, England, UK 43 Credits

Biography

Bernard Rose is an English filmmaker and screenwriter. Considered a pioneer of digital filmmaking, he is best known for directing the horror films Paperhouse (1988) and Candyman (1992), the historical romances Immortal Beloved (1994) and Anna Karenina (1997), and the independent drama Ivans xtc (2000), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director and the John Cassavetes Award. He has also been nominated for the Grand Prix des Amériques and the Venice Horizons Pri...

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In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

2024

as Self

7.3
Acting

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of hor...

The Bride of Candyman

The Bride of Candyman

2021

Characters

10.0

Horror short.

Traveling Light

Traveling Light

2021

Director, Writer, Producer

2.0
Directing Writing Producing

On May 30th, 2020, Uber and delivery driver Caddy searches for his missing son who has been living on the Los Angeles streets during the early days of...

Candyman

Candyman

2021

Original Film Writer

6.0
Writing

A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.

Danse Profane

2019

as Himself

Acting

A short film by Bernard Rose celebrating the music of Claude DeBussy and the Egyptian Theatre in the style of Busby Berkeley. Premiered at Beyond Fest...

Danse Profane

2019

Director

Directing

A short film by Bernard Rose celebrating the music of Claude DeBussy and the Egyptian Theatre in the style of Busby Berkeley. Premiered at Beyond Fest...

Samurai Marathon

Samurai Marathon

2019

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his...

The Hurdy Gurdy Man

The Hurdy Gurdy Man

2018

Editor, Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Faced with an early death sentence and struggling to pay the bills, Franz Schubert is inspired to write one of his most famous songs as he is haunted ...

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

2015

Writer, Director

5.4
Writing Directing

After he is artificially created, then left for dead by a husband-and-wife team of eccentric scientists, Adam is confronted with nothing but aggressio...

Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

2015

as Self

5.0
Acting

The first major profile of the great British film director Nicolas Roeg, examining his very personal vision of cinema as in such films as Don't Look N...

El violinista del diablo

El violinista del diablo

2013

Director, Writer

8.6
Directing Writing
Sx_Tape

Sx_Tape

2013

Director, Director of Photography, Editor

3.6
Directing

From the director of CANDYMAN and the producers of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY comes a found-footage nightmare of lust, possession, and destruction. Jill's an...

The Devil's Violinist

The Devil's Violinist

2013

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

6.6
Directing Writing

The life story of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso in the early 19th Century.

Boxing Day

Boxing Day

2012

Director, Screenplay, Editor

5.5
Directing Writing

A struggling, indebted business man leaves his family immediately after Christmas to pursue a lucrative property deal that could solve all of his prob...

2 Jacks

2 Jacks

2012

Director, Screenplay, Cinematography

5.4
Directing Writing

Jack Hussar is a legendary Hollywood director, whose persona commands respect and adoration from his fans. Can his son, Jack Jr. maintain his legacy?

Mr. Nice

Mr. Nice

2010

Director, Screenplay, Editor

6.1
Directing Writing

Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as le...

The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata

2008

Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography

6.1
Directing Writing

A man becomes obsessively jealous of his pianist wife and her violinist companion.

Derek

Derek

2008

Director

5.7
Directing

Derek, in chronological order, records the work and life that stands at the foot of Derek Jarman's humour and spirit of being an artist. The filmmaker...

The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist?

The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist?

2006

as Himself

7.4
Acting

BBC look at whether or not Snuff films really exist. Snuff as defined by the FBI and the film is a film that shows some one being killed which was pro...

Snuff-Movie

Snuff-Movie

2005

Director, Writer

4.0
Directing Writing

Boris Arkadin is a horror film maker. His pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. He becomes ...

Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos

Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos

2004

as Self

8.0
Acting

Retrospective documentary featuring director Bernard Rose, writer Clive Barker, producer Alan Poul and stars Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen and Kasi Lemmo...

Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On

Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Hard On

2000

Director

8.0
Directing

A collection of every music video by British new wave band Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Ivansxtc

Ivansxtc

2000

Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography

5.3
Directing Writing

Ivan Beckman, Hollywood's most sought-after talent agent, the darling and crown prince of La La Land, is dead. How and why did it happen? Was it drugs...

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1997

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

Anna Karenina, the wife of a Russian imperial minister, creates a high-society scandal by an affair with Count Vronsky, a dashing cavalry officer in 1...

Immortal Beloved

Immortal Beloved

1994

as Elector Max Friedrich

7.1
Acting

A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in...

Immortal Beloved

Immortal Beloved

1994

Director, Writer

7.1
Directing Writing

A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in...

Inside Out 4

Inside Out 4

1992

as Stanley (segment "Motivation")

3.2
Acting

Softcore anthology film containing stories: "Natalie Would"; "Modivation"; "Put Asunder"; "Save The Wetlands"; "The Thief"; "Jilted Lover"; "Three On ...

Inside Out 4

Inside Out 4

1992

Director, Writer

3.2
Directing Writing

Softcore anthology film containing stories: "Natalie Would"; "Modivation"; "Put Asunder"; "Save The Wetlands"; "The Thief"; "Jilted Lover"; "Three On ...

Army of Darkness

Army of Darkness

1992

as Fake Shemp

7.3
Acting

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty ...

Candyman

Candyman

1992

as Archie Walsh

6.6
Acting

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Candyman

Candyman

1992

Art Direction, Director, Screenplay

6.6
Directing Writing

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Inside Out 3

Inside Out 3

1992

Director, Writer

2.5
Directing Writing

Softcore anthology film containing stories: "Dogs Playing Poker"; "The Branding"; "The Portal"; "The Perfect Woman"; "Within Ten Minutes"; "Tango"; "T...

Inside Out 2

Inside Out 2

1992

Original Music Composer

3.0

Softcore anthology film containing stories: "Mis-apprehended"; "I've Got A Crush On You"; "The Freak"; "There's This Travelling Salesman, See"; "Doubl...

Wedding Anniversary

Wedding Anniversary

1991

Director

Directing

A husband decides to give an original gift to his wife.

Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)

Jimmy Somerville: The Video Collection 1984/1990 (Featuring Bronski Beat and The Communards)

1990

Director

Directing

Collection of music videos by Jimmy Somerville, both as solo artist as well as with the bands Bronski Beat and The Communards.

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

1990

Director

5.1
Directing

During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns de...

Paperhouse

Paperhouse

1988

Director

6.6
Directing

A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in he...

Body Contact

Body Contact

1987

Director

4.2
Directing

In the future, around Tottenham and Hackney, taxi driver Smiley comes to the assistance of the beautiful Dominique Renoir, who's on the run from her v...

Smart Money

Smart Money

1986

Director

5.5
Directing

Leon, a hacker convicted for a crime he did not commit, escapes from detention centre following the death of his father, to take revenge on the man wh...

Looking at Alice

Looking at Alice

1977

Director, Editor, Writer

Directing Writing

A lonely young man obsesses over the flirty young model who lives in the building opposite, but fails to realise that she is dealing with anxieties of...

The Wreckers

The Wreckers

1976

Director

Directing

A short film by Bernard Rose.

A Bomb with No Name On It

A Bomb with No Name On It

1975

Director

Directing

An early short film by Bernard Rose.

Lear Rex

Lear Rex

N/A

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

An aging king splits up his kingdom for his three daughters to govern, but is misled about their affections and driven into exile.