Update: After serving as the Paul Rudolph Fellow during the 2005-2006 academic year Stan returned to Woodbury University’s Architecture Program in San Diego, California.

Stan Bertheaud is a southerner, recently returned from 18 years in southern California. He studied undergraduate architecture at LSU and later earned a master’s degree at North Carolina State University. After working as an architect in Houston and New Orleans, he attended the USC School of Film and Television for three years earning graduate credit in film production and completing a thesis project in screenwriting (eventually made into a feature film).

Since school, Professor Bertheaud has been working as an architect, teaching architecture (at Mississippi State, Tulane, Woodbury University and now Auburn University) and writing for the screen. He has designed buildings in and around the New Orleans area, earning commendations for contemporary work within historic settings. His architectural work today is, by choice, residential in nature. It reflects a strong interest in rural America, which was his upbringing.

He is credited with two theatrically released screenplays. The first, “Tilt-a-World” (released as “Painted Hero” and co-written with the film’s director) starred Dwight Yoakam in his first leading role. The film was a Gold Award winner at the Houston International Film Festival. More recently, Bertheaud co-wrote with Dwight Yoakam the surrealistic western, “South of Heaven, West of Hell.” This script became Yoakam’s directorial debut, starring Yoakam, Vince Vaughn, Bridget Fonda and Billy Bob Thornton. “South of Heaven, West of Hell” premiered at and closed the 2000 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Bertheaud has amassed numerous awards and honors throughout his career as an architect, educator and screenwriter. When not teaching, he lives and works in Oceanside, California with his wife and two boys, Henry and Ray. Currently on loan to Auburn University as the “Paul Rudolph Visiting Professor of Architecture”, he’s hard at work on a screenplay about the Battle of New Orleans and a children’s book with his sons, “A Field Guide to Some of the Lesser Known Dinosaurs” . He’s happy to be back “down south” with the chance to introduce his family to the grits, gumbo and guitar pickin’ of his youth.