Born in 1944, Bernard Queysanne started working as an assistant director, assistant editor, set photographer and production manager on numerous films of Georges Franju, Philippe Labro, Robert Enrico, Serge Korber.

At the same time, he directed several short films, then in 1974 his first long feature,"The Man Who Sleeps", co-directed with Georges Perec and won the Jean Vigo award.