Biography

Born in Brussels, Alain Berliner has been a scenarist for many features films and television films in Belgium and France. He began directing several short films: "Meeting", "Day of the Cat" and "Rose".

In 1997 he was discovered by the general public thanks to Seeing Everything through Rose Coloured Glasses in his debut long feature "Ma Vie en Rose" (My Life in Pink). The story of this little boy who thinks he is a little girl shook the Cannes Film Festival and was awarded, amongst others, The Golden Globe in 1998 for the best foreign film, European film award for best screenplay, nominated for a Bafta and for the Cesar of best debut film.

Since then he directed "The Wall" for Arte (Le Mur, 1998), "Passion of Mind" (D’un rêve à l’autre, 2000) in the United States with Demi Moore in the main role, "The House by Canal" (La Maison du Canal, TV, 2003) with Isild Le Besco, from a novel by Simenon for the centenary anniversary of the writer’s birth, "I always wanted to be a dancer", (J’aurais voulu Être un Danseur, 2007) an hommage to the musicals and Gene Kelly starring Vincent Elbaz, Cecil de France and Jean-Pierre Cassel, and "Clara Sheller" (id, 2008) a trendy and catchy TV series for french TV F2.

He is currently preparing a new feature, a film for Television and the directing of his first play in Paris…