About
Sara Bernstein
Overview
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.
Known for
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| 2024 | Churchill at War | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |
| 2024 | The Lost Children | Production | Executive Producer | 60 Fair |
| 2024 | Music by John Williams | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
| 2024 | I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
| 2024 | Jim Henson Idea Man | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Frida | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Stormy | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2024 | The Truth About Jim | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2024 | The Dynasty: New England Patriots | Production | Executive Producer | 71 Good |
| 2024 | Choir | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |
| 2023 | This Is Brighton | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Carlos | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2023 | The Super Models | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2023 | Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USA | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Judy Blume Forever | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields | Production | Executive Producer | 66 Fair |
| 2022 | The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari | Production | Producer | 61 Fair |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Personality Crisis: One Night Only | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet | Production | Executive Producer | 67 Fair |
| 2022 | Leave No Trace | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2022 | We Feed People | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Downfall: The Case Against Boeing | Production | Producer | 61 Fair |
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
| 2021 | Paper & Glue | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Julia | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Gossip | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2021 | Who Are You, Charlie Brown? | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2021 | The Day Sports Stood Still | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |
| 2021 | Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2021 | We Are: The Brooklyn Saints | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2020 | On Pointe | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |
| 2020 | D. Wade: Life Unexpected | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Rebuilding Paradise | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2019 | I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter | Production | Supervising Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2019 | Wig | Production | Co-Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 2019 | The Case Against Adnan Syed | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |
| 2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley | Production | Executive Producer | 62 Fair |
| 2018 | The Truth About Killer Robots | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 2017 | War Dog: A Soldier's Best Friend | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge | Production | Senior Executive Consultant | 69 Fair |
| 2017 | Warning: This Drug May Kill You | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Mommy Dead and Dearest | Production | Supervising Producer | 63 Fair |
| 2016 | Risky Drinking | Production | Senior Executive Consultant | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Suited | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2015 | The Latin Explosion: A New America | Production | Supervising Producer | 59 Average |
| 2015 | A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness | Production | Supervising Producer | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Thought Crimes | Production | Supervising Producer | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Cobain: Montage of Heck | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2014 | My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) | Production | Supervising Producer | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Love Crimes Of Kabul | Production | Supervising Producer | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Hot Coffee | Production | Supervising Producer | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | The Education of Dee Dee Ricks | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Secrets of the Tribe | Production | Supervising Producer | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Katie Morgan's Sex Tips 2: Any More Questions? | Production | Supervising Producer | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Katie Morgan's Porn 101 | Production | Coordinating Producer | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Katie Morgan on Sex Toys | Production | Coordinating Producer | 59 Average |
| 2005 | The Children of Leningradsky | Production | Production Coordinator | 59 Average |
| 2003 | And Along Came a Spider | Production | Associate Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Thoth | Production | Coordinating Producer | 59 Average |
| Untitled Barbara Walters Documentary | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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| The Hands That Held the Knives | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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| The Sound of Philadelphia | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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| David Blaine: Do Not Attempt | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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Crew |
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| 2014 | Citizenfour | Crew | Supervisor of Production Resources | 72 Good |
| 2014 | My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) | Crew | Supervisor of Production Resources | 59 Average |