"Tom Bernard is an American film distributor specializing in art cinema and is one of the co-founders of Sony Pictures Classics (SPC).An alumnus of the University of Maryland, Bernard became notable as head of sales at United Artists Classics (1981\u20131983) where he first worked with long-time collaborator Michael Barker. Bernard and Barker left UA to create Orion Classics in February 1983."@en . "Bernard, Tom"@en . "American film distributor" .