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Sara Bernstein

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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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Filmography

2026Freefall: A Reckoning for BoeingProducer
2026Kyle Larson vs. The DoubleExecutive Producer
2026AvedonProducer
2026Marty, Life Is ShortProducer
2026Summer of '94Executive Producer
2025Barbara Walters: Tell Me EverythingProducer
2025PetsProducer
2025Fight for Glory: 2024 World SeriesExecutive Producer
2025David Blaine Do Not AttemptExecutive Producer
2025Harlem IceExecutive Producer
2024Churchill at WarExecutive Producer
2024MamusExecutive Producer
2024The Lost ChildrenExecutive Producer
2024Music by John WilliamsProducer
2024I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess MurdersExecutive Producer
2024Jim Henson Idea ManProducer
2024FridaProducer
2024StormyExecutive Producer
2024The Dynasty: New England PatriotsExecutive Producer
2024The Truth About JimExecutive Producer
2024ChoirExecutive Producer
2023This Is BrightonExecutive Producer
2023CarlosProducer
2023The Super ModelsExecutive Producer
2023Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave LettermanExecutive Producer
2023Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USAExecutive Producer
2023Judy Blume ForeverProducer
2022Crime Scene: The Texas Killing FieldsExecutive Producer
2022The Volcano: Rescue from WhakaariProducer
2022Personality Crisis: One Night OnlyProducer
2022Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesProducer
2022LIGHT & MAGICExecutive Producer
2022Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the InternetExecutive Producer
2022Leave No TraceProducer
2022We Feed PeopleProducer
2022Downfall: The Case Against BoeingProducer
2022Lucy and DesiExecutive Producer
2021Crime Scene: The Times Square KillerExecutive Producer
2021Paper & GlueProducer
2021JuliaProducer
2021GossipExecutive Producer
2021Who Are You, Charlie Brown?Executive Producer
2021Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. LeyendeckerExecutive Producer
2021The Day Sports Stood StillExecutive Producer
2021Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ineExecutive Producer
2021Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil HotelExecutive Producer
2021We Are: The Brooklyn SaintsExecutive Producer
2020On PointeExecutive Producer
2020D. Wade: Life UnexpectedProducer
2020Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the BandExecutive Producer
2020Rebuilding ParadiseProducer
2019I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle CarterSupervising Producer
2019WigCo-Executive Producer
2019The Case Against Adnan SyedExecutive Producer
2019The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon ValleyExecutive Producer
2018The Truth About Killer RobotsExecutive Producer
2017War Dog: A Soldier's Best FriendProducer
2017Rolling Stone: Stories from the EdgeSenior Executive Consultant
2017Warning: This Drug May Kill YouProducer
2017Mommy Dead and DearestSupervising Producer
2016Risky DrinkingSenior Executive Consultant
2016Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of HappinessExecutive Producer
2016SuitedProducer
2015The Latin Explosion: A New AmericaSupervising Producer
2015A Girl in the River: The Price of ForgivenessSupervising Producer
2015Thought CrimesSupervising Producer
2015Cobain: Montage of HeckExecutive Producer
2014CitizenfourSupervisor of Production Resources
2014My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)Supervisor of Production Resources
2012Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodSupervising Producer
2011Love Crimes Of KabulSupervising Producer
2011Hot CoffeeSupervising Producer
2011The Education of Dee Dee RicksProducer
2010Secrets of the TribeSupervising Producer
2009The Final InchSupervising Producer
2009Katie Morgan's Sex Tips 2: Any More Questions?Supervising Producer
2007Katie Morgan's Porn 101Coordinating Producer
2007Katie Morgan on Sex ToysCoordinating Producer
2005The Children of LeningradskyProduction Coordinator
2002And Along Came a SpiderAssociate Producer
2002ThothCoordinating Producer
—The Sound of PhiladelphiaExecutive Producer
—The Hands That Held the KnivesExecutive Producer
—Pa'l Pueblo: Fania for the PeopleProducer

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