Bernard Lessa is a Brazilian film producer and director based in Vitória. A graduate in Cinema from Universidade Federal Fluminense, Bernard Lessa is a founding partner of Rede Filmes, through which he produced the short films Tejo Mar (2013), Sopro, Uivo e Assobio (2015), and A Casa Térrea (2017), screened at some of Brazil’s most important festivals. With Rede, Bernard also made the experimental feature A Mulher e o Rio (2019), and the fiction features A Matéria Noturna (2021) and Akin’s Desert (2024). Meu Tio da Câmera is his first documentary feature.