Sara Bernstein

Biography

Sara Bernstein is an award-winning producer and Executive Vice President at Imagine Documentaries the newly launched documentary division of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's, Imagine Entertainment. Recent feature films she has executive produced include Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (2019) and Dads (2019) which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Ron Howard-directed documentary film, Rebuilding Paradise (2020), for National Geographic Films, D.Wade: Life Unexpected (2020) for ESPN Films and the documentary feature film on legendary chef Julia Child, Julia (2021) directed by Academy Award nominees Julie Cohen and Betsy West. Prior to joining Imagine, Bernstein was Senior Vice President, HBO Documentary Films over seeing nonfiction development and production for HBO. Credits include Academy Award-winner Citizenfour (2014), Academy Award-winner Music by Prudence (2010), Academy Award nominees Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (2008), Iraq In Fragments (2006), The Children of Leningradsky (2005), Poster Girl (2010). Emmy-nominated The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019), Emmy-nominated The Case Against Adnan Syed (2019), Judd Apatow's Emmy-winning The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018), Emmy winners Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015), White Light, Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007) and Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012). Emmy-nominated The Case Against 8 (2014), Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures (2016), Chris Hegedus & D.A. Pennebaker's Emmy-nominated Unlocking The Cage (2016); Beware the Slenderman (2016), I Love You Now Die (2019) and Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017). Bernstein has garnered 10 Emmy wins, 29 Emmy nominations and 11 Peabody Awards. Documentaries she has supervised have garnered 2 Oscars and 13 Oscar nominations.

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Frida

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Jim Henson Idea Man

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The Dynasty: New England Patriots

(2024) Executive Producer

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Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

(2021) Executive Producer

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The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari

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Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

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Cobain: Montage of Heck

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Citizenfour

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Acting

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Producer	Music by John Williams 2024-10-25 Movie
	Producer	Jim Henson Idea Man 2024-05-18 Movie
	Producer	Frida 2024-03-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	Stormy 2024-03-08 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Dynasty: New England Patriots 2024-02-15 TV Show
	Executive Producer	The Truth About Jim 2024-02-15 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Choir 2024-01-31 TV Show
2023	Executive Producer	This Is Brighton 2023-10-14 Movie
	Producer	Carlos 2023-09-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Super Models 2023-09-19 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman 2023-03-17 Movie
	Executive Producer	Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USA 2023-02-05 TV Show
	Producer	Judy Blume Forever 2023-01-21 Movie
2022	Executive Producer	Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields 2022-11-29 TV Show
	Producer	The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari 2022-11-03 Movie
	Producer	Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues 2022-10-27 Movie
	Producer	Personality Crisis: One Night Only 2022-10-12 Movie
	Executive Producer	Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet 2022-06-15 TV Show
	Producer	Leave No Trace 2022-06-09 Movie
	Producer	We Feed People 2022-03-19 Movie
	Producer	Downfall: The Case Against Boeing 2022-02-09 Movie
	Executive Producer	Lucy and Desi 2022-01-21 Movie
2021	Executive Producer	Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer 2021-12-29 TV Show
	Producer	Paper & Glue 2021-11-12 Movie
	Producer	Julia 2021-11-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	Gossip 2021-08-22 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Who Are You, Charlie Brown? 2021-06-25 Movie
	Executive Producer	Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker 2021-06-17 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Day Sports Stood Still 2021-03-24 Movie
	Executive Producer	Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine 2021-02-21 TV Show
	Executive Producer	Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel 2021-02-10 TV Show
	Executive Producer	We Are: The Brooklyn Saints 2021-01-29 TV Show
2020	Executive Producer	On Pointe 2020-12-18 TV Show
	Producer	D. Wade: Life Unexpected 2020-02-23 Movie
	Executive Producer	Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band 2020-02-21 Movie
	Producer	Rebuilding Paradise 2020-01-23 Movie
2019	Supervising Producer	I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter 2019-07-09 TV Show
	Co-Executive Producer	Wig 2019-05-04 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Case Against Adnan Syed 2019-03-10 TV Show
	Executive Producer	The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley 2019-01-24 Movie
2018	Executive Producer	The Truth About Killer Robots 2018-09-06 Movie
2017	Producer	War Dog: A Soldier's Best Friend 2017-11-13 Movie
	Senior Executive Consultant	Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge 2017-11-06 TV Show
	Producer	Warning: This Drug May Kill You 2017-05-01 Movie
	Supervising Producer	Mommy Dead and Dearest 2017-03-11 Movie
2016	Senior Executive Consultant	Risky Drinking 2016-12-19 Movie
	Executive Producer	Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness 2016-04-09 Movie
	Producer	Suited 2016-01-25 Movie
2015	Supervising Producer	The Latin Explosion: A New America 2015-11-16 Movie
	Supervising Producer	A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness 2015-10-28 Movie
	Supervising Producer	Thought Crimes 2015-05-11 Movie
	Executive Producer	Cobain: Montage of Heck 2015-03-23 Movie
2014	Supervising Producer	My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) 2014-04-17 Movie
2011	Supervising Producer	Love Crimes Of Kabul 2011-07-11 Movie
	Supervising Producer	Hot Coffee 2011-06-27 Movie
	Producer	The Education of Dee Dee Ricks 2011-05-01 Movie
2010	Supervising Producer	Secrets of the Tribe 2010-01-22 Movie
2009	Supervising Producer	Katie Morgan's Sex Tips 2: Any More Questions? 2009-01-15 Movie
2007	Coordinating Producer	Katie Morgan's Porn 101 2007-12-06 Movie
	Coordinating Producer	Katie Morgan on Sex Toys 2007-11-08 Movie
2005	Production Coordinator	The Children of Leningradsky 2005-08-05 Movie
2003	Associate Producer	And Along Came a Spider 2003-03-05 Movie
2002	Coordinating Producer	Thoth 2002-05-10 Movie
	Executive Producer	The Sound of Philadelphia Movie
	Executive Producer	David Blaine: Do Not Attempt TV Show
	Producer	Untitled Barbara Walters Documentary Movie
	Executive Producer	The Hands That Held the Knives Movie
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Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2014	Supervisor of Production Resources	Citizenfour 2014-10-10 Movie
	Supervisor of Production Resources	My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) 2014-04-17 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv