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Sara Bernstein
Producer, Additional CreditsBorn January 1, 1973 (52 years)
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.
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
Sara Bernstein Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Earnhardt (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Stewart 27 · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Fight for Glory: 2024 World Series (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | David Blaine: Do Not Attempt (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Harlem Ice (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Churchill at War (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Mamus · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | The Lost Children · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | I'm Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | Stormy · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | The Dynasty: New England Patriots (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | The Truth About Jim (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | The Super Models (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Eurovision Choir of the Year (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Murf the Surf (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | LIGHT & MAGIC (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Lucy and Desi · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Coded · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Gossip (2021) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Who Are You, Charlie Brown? · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | The Day Sports Stood Still · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Crime Scene (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | On Pointe (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Dads · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | The Case Against Adnan Syed (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Once Were Brothers · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | The Truth About Killer Robots · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | The Price of Everything · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Cobain: Montage of Heck · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | |
| 2004 | Three Sisters: Searching for a Cure · as Associate Producer |
| 2003 | And Along Came a Spider · as Associate Producer |
| 1990 | Real Sex (TV Series) · as Associate Producer |
| 2013 | 2013 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2019 | Wig · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 2019 | I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth vs. Michelle Carter (TV Series) · as Supervising Producer |
| 2018 | The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge · as Senior Producer |
| 2017 | Meth Storm · as Senior Producer |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge (TV Series) · as Senior Executive Consultant |
| 2017 | Mommy Dead and Dearest · as Supervising Producer |
| 2016 | Risky Drinking · as Senior Executive Consultant |
| 2016 | Abortion: Stories Women Tell · as Supervising Producer |
| 2016 | Unlocking the Cage · as Senior Producer: Hbo |
| 2016 | Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures · as Senior Producer: Hbo |
| 2016 | Beware the Slenderman · as Senior Producer: Hbo |
| 2015 | The Latin Explosion: A New America · as Supervising Producer |
| 2015 | A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness · as Supervising Producer |
| 2015 | Bolshoi Babylon · as Senior Producer: Hbo |
| 2015 | Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2015 | Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop · as Supervising Producer |
| 2014 | The Case Against 8 · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2014 | Banksy Does New York · as Supervising Producer |
| 2014 | Citizenfour · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2014 | Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. · as Supervising Producer |
| 2014 | My Depression · as Supervising Producer |
| 2014 | One Last Hug: Three Days at Grief Camp · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2014 | Sex On// (TV Series) · as Senior Producer |
| 2013 | Inside Out · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2013 | Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2013 | The Crash Reel · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2012 | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2011 | Cathouse: Frisky Business · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2011 | Love Crimes of Kabul · as Supervising Producer |
| 2011 | Hot Coffee · as Supervising Producer |
| 2010 | Cathouse: Cat Call · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2010 | Poster Girl · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2010 | No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2010 | El espiritu de la salsa · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2010 | Secrets of the Tribe · as Supervising Producer |
| 2009 | Cathouse: Sex, Guys and Videotape · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2009 | Youthh Knows No Pain · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2008 | Katie Morgan's Sex Tips: Questions, Anyone? · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2008 | Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2008 | The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2008 | Cathouse: The Musical · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2007 | Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq · as Supervising Producer |
| 2007 | White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2007 | Hear and Now · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2007 | Ganja Queen · as Supervising Producer: Hbo Documentary Films |
| 2007 | Children of God: Lost and Found · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2006 | Baghdad ER · as Supervising Producer |
| 2006 | Autopsy: Sex, Lies and Murder · as Coordinating Producer |
| 2006 | Iraq in Fragments · as Supervising Producer: Hbo |
| 2005 | The Children of Leningradsky · as Production Coordinator |
| 2005 | Cathouse: The Series (TV Series) · as Coordinating Producer |
| 2003 | The Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt · as Associate Producer: Hbo/cinemax Documentary Films |
| 1995 | Taxicab Confessions (TV Series) · as Coordinating Producer |