Sara Bernstein

Sara Bernstein

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Known For
Production

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.

Sara Bernstein's LGBTQ+ Titles

Wig
Wig
Co-Executive Producer
Suited
Suited
Producer

Production (70)

David Blaine: Do Not Attempt • Executive Producer (1 episode)
• Executive Producer (1 episode)
The Sound of Philadelphia • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
The Hands That Held the Knives • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
Untitled Barbara Walters Documentary • Producer
• Producer
2024
Churchill at War • Executive Producer (4 episodes)
• Executive Producer (4 episodes)
2024
The Lost Children • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2024
Music by John Williams • Producer
• Producer
2024
I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders • Executive Producer (2 episodes)
• Executive Producer (2 episodes)
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man • Producer
• Producer
2024
Frida • Producer
• Producer
2024
Stormy • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2024
The Dynasty: New England Patriots • Executive Producer (10 episodes)
• Executive Producer (10 episodes)
2024
The Truth About Jim • Executive Producer (4 episodes)
• Executive Producer (4 episodes)
2024
Choir • Executive Producer (6 episodes)
• Executive Producer (6 episodes)
2023
This Is Brighton • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2023
Carlos • Producer
• Producer
2023
The Super Models • Executive Producer (4 episodes)
• Executive Producer (4 episodes)
2023
Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2023
Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USA • Executive Producer (4 episodes)
• Executive Producer (4 episodes)
2023
Judy Blume Forever • Producer
• Producer
2022
Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields • Executive Producer (3 episodes)
• Executive Producer (3 episodes)
2022
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari • Producer
• Producer
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues • Producer
• Producer
2022
Personality Crisis: One Night Only • Producer
• Producer
2022
Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet • Executive Producer (6 episodes)
• Executive Producer (6 episodes)
2022
Leave No Trace • Producer
• Producer
2022
We Feed People • Producer
• Producer
2022
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing • Producer
• Producer
2022
Lucy and Desi • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2021
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer • Executive Producer (3 episodes)
• Executive Producer (3 episodes)
2021
Paper & Glue • Producer
• Producer
2021
Julia • Producer
• Producer
2021
Gossip • Executive Producer (4 episodes)
• Executive Producer (4 episodes)
2021
Who Are You, Charlie Brown? • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2021
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2021
The Day Sports Stood Still • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2021
Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine • Executive Producer (3 episodes)
• Executive Producer (3 episodes)
2021
Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel • Executive Producer (4 episodes)
• Executive Producer (4 episodes)
2021
We Are: The Brooklyn Saints • Executive Producer (4 episodes)
• Executive Producer (4 episodes)
2020
On Pointe • Executive Producer (6 episodes)
• Executive Producer (6 episodes)
2020
D. Wade: Life Unexpected • Producer
• Producer
2020
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2020
Rebuilding Paradise • Producer
• Producer
2019
I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter • Supervising Producer (2 episodes)
• Supervising Producer (2 episodes)
2019
Wig • Co-Executive Producer
• Co-Executive Producer
2019
The Case Against Adnan Syed • Executive Producer (4 episodes)
• Executive Producer (4 episodes)
2019
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2018
The Truth About Killer Robots • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2017
War Dog: A Soldier's Best Friend • Producer
• Producer
2017
Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge • Senior Executive Consultant (2 episodes)
• Senior Executive Consultant (2 episodes)
2017
Warning: This Drug May Kill You • Producer
• Producer
2017
Mommy Dead and Dearest • Supervising Producer
• Supervising Producer
2016
Risky Drinking • Senior Executive Consultant
• Senior Executive Consultant
2016
ClĂ­nica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Suited • Producer
• Producer
2015
The Latin Explosion: A New America • Supervising Producer
• Supervising Producer
2015
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness • Supervising Producer
• Supervising Producer
2015
Thought Crimes • Supervising Producer
• Supervising Producer
2015
Cobain: Montage of Heck • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2014
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) • Supervising Producer
• Supervising Producer
2011
Love Crimes Of Kabul • Supervising Producer
• Supervising Producer
2011
Hot Coffee • Supervising Producer
• Supervising Producer
2011
The Education of Dee Dee Ricks • Producer
• Producer
2010
Secrets of the Tribe • Supervising Producer
• Supervising Producer
2009
Katie Morgan's Sex Tips 2: Any More Questions? • Supervising Producer
• Supervising Producer
2007
Katie Morgan's Porn 101 • Coordinating Producer
• Coordinating Producer
2007
Katie Morgan on Sex Toys • Coordinating Producer
• Coordinating Producer
2005
The Children of Leningradsky • Production Coordinator
• Production Coordinator
2003
And Along Came a Spider • Associate Producer
• Associate Producer
2002
Thoth • Coordinating Producer
• Coordinating Producer

Crew (2)

2014
Citizenfour • Supervisor of Production Resources
• Supervisor of Production Resources
2014
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) • Supervisor of Production Resources
• Supervisor of Production Resources