salonière whose circle included Franz Kafka and Max Brod. This cosmopolitan background has enabled him to create original films that weave together French New Wave character studies, the ironic humor of 1960s Czech cinema and re-examinations of classic Hollywood genres. Filmography Bergmann's films include: Milk & Money (1996) Best American Independent Feature, Cleveland International Film Festival Prix SACD, Avignon Film Festival Trifling With Fate (2000) with Bridget Moynahan, Gordon Elliott, Vivienne Benesch, Jason Butler Harner, Teri Lamm and Sarah Winkler In Bed with My Books (2002) (Short) – Prix du Jury, Montreal World Film Festival Aftershock (2002) – Best Short Film, Whitehead International Film Festival The Reality Trap (2005) with Bonnie Loren, Kevin Stapleton and Hedy Burress Tied to a Chair (2009) with Bonnie Loren, Mario Van Peebles and Robert Gosset Influence (2015) Platinum Remi Award, Docu-Drama, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival Best Supporting Actress, Rachel Zeiger-Haag, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival References External links “Tied to a Chair”: Bound for Glory - The New Yorker Milk and Money - The New York Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/711a615a-718d-11e5-9b9e-690fdae72044.html - Bonfire of the Vanities, the Opera - The Financial Times American film directors American people of Czech-Jewish descent Jewish American writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American Jews