Bertrand Bonello (b. 1968, Nice) is a French filmmaker, composer, screenwriter and occasional actor. Trained as a musician, he brings a formal precision and density to films such as The Pornographer, House of Tolerance, Nocturama and Coma. Often blurring fiction with archival and essayistic modes, Bonello explores themes of desire, power, youth and the spectral traces of history. *Coma* (2022) is a hybrid essay film that fuses dream states, online media and philosophical voiceover into a reflection on confinement and the erosion of reality. His films have screened at Cannes, Venice and Locarno, and reflect a singular voice in contemporary European cinema.