Tom Bernard is the Co-President and Co-Founder of Sony Pictures Classics as well as ten Opening Night Presentations at the New York Film Festival. He has also received the Honors Award from the Directors Guild of America, France's Chevalier Order of Arts and Letters from the French Minister of Culture, the GLAAD Media Award, a retrospective at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, the Gotham Industry Lifetime Achievement Award from the IFP, and the FINDIE Spirit Award. Bernard is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Sundance Advisory Board, the Tribeca Film Festival Advisory Board and the Monmouth University Communication Board. Bernard has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland at College Park.
