Bruno Lessard is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Film / Communication and Culture Programme, York University. He holds a Ph.D. in literature and cinema from the Université de Montréal, and his dissertation, entitled "Beyond the Cinema?: Digital Adaptation, Media Ecology, and Performance in the CD-ROM Environment," discusses artistic CD-ROMs. Working on a postdoctoral project that reflects his interests in screen studies and media theory, he is at work on a study of film installations and the art of projection.

He has published widely on topics as diverse as intermedia adaptation, film installation, net art, contemporary opera, digital cinema, film music, and modern cinema. His articles have appeared in interdisciplinary journals such as Intermédialités and Parachute, and he has forthcoming essays in the following book collections: The Continuum Companion to Sound in Film and the Visual Media (Continuum), In the Dark Room of Marguerite Duras (Peter Lang), Macbeth: New Critical Essays (Routledge), and Save as ∑ Digital Memories (Palgrave Macmillan).

In his spare time, Bruno is an amateur digital filmmaker who also has an interest in film installation design.