Bernard Stiegler (; 1 April 1952 – 6 August 2020) was a French philosopher. He was head of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI), which he founded in 2006 at the Centre Georges-Pompidou. His best known work was "Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Epimetheus" and "Echographies of Television". He was born in Seine-et-Oise, France.