Sara Bernstein

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.

Production

Citizenfour

2014

As Supervisor of Production Resources

My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

2014

As Supervisor of Production Resources

Cobain: Montage of Heck

2015

As Executive Producer

The Latin Explosion: A New America

2015

As Supervising Producer

The Children of Leningradsky

2005

As Production Coordinator

Secrets of the Tribe

2010

As Supervising Producer

Thought Crimes

2015

As Supervising Producer

Risky Drinking

2016

As Senior Executive Consultant

Mommy Dead and Dearest

2017

As Supervising Producer

Katie Morgan on Sex Toys

2007

As Coordinating Producer

Katie Morgan's Porn 101

2007

As Coordinating Producer

The Truth About Killer Robots

2018

As Executive Producer

Rebuilding Paradise

2020

As Producer

And Along Came a Spider

2003

As Associate Producer

Love Crimes Of Kabul

2011

As Supervising Producer

Lucy and Desi

2022

As Executive Producer

D. Wade: Life Unexpected

2020

As Producer

Paper & Glue

2021

As Producer

Suited

2016

As Producer

Who Are You, Charlie Brown?

2021

As Executive Producer

Hot Coffee

2011

As Supervising Producer

Julia

2021

As Producer

Thoth

2002

As Coordinating Producer

We Feed People

2022

As Producer

Leave No Trace

2022

As Producer

Wig

2019

As Co-Executive Producer

Judy Blume Forever

2023

As Producer

Untitled John Williams Documentary

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As Executive Producer

Carlos

2023

As Producer

The Day Sports Stood Still

2021

As Executive Producer

This Is Brighton

2023

As Executive Producer

Frida

2024

As Producer

Stormy

2024

As Executive Producer

The Sound of Philadelphia

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As Executive Producer

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