Sara Bernstein

Sara Bernstein

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

2025

Pets
Movie

Producer

2025

Harlem Ice
Tv

Executive Producer

2024

Churchill at War
Tv

Executive Producer

2024

The Lost Children
Movie

Executive Producer

2024

Stormy
Movie

Executive Producer

2024

Frida
Movie

Producer

2024

The Truth About Jim
Tv

Executive Producer

2024

Choir
Tv

Executive Producer

2023

Carlos
Movie

Producer

2023

The Super Models
Tv

Executive Producer

2022

LIGHT & MAGIC
Tv

Executive Producer

2022

Lucy and Desi
Movie

Executive Producer

2021

2021

Julia
Movie

Producer

2021

2021

2021

2020

On Pointe
Tv

Executive Producer

2019

Wig
Movie

Co-Executive Producer

2017

Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge
Tv

Senior Executive Consultant

2017

Mommy Dead and Dearest
Movie

Supervising Producer

2016

Risky Drinking
Movie

Senior Executive Consultant

2016

Suited
Movie

Producer

2015

Thought Crimes
Movie

Supervising Producer

2015

2011

Lea and Darija
Movie

Executive Producer

2011

Love Crimes Of Kabul
Movie

Supervising Producer

2011

Hot Coffee
Movie

Supervising Producer

2010

Secrets of the Tribe
Movie

Supervising Producer

2005

The Children of Leningradsky
Movie

Production Coordinator

2002

2002

Thoth
Movie

Coordinating Producer

1992

Cageman
Movie

Executive Producer

1975

The UFO Incident
Movie

Executive Producer

1962

The Fanatics
Movie

Executive Producer

1954

1948

Lulu Belle
Movie

Executive Producer

1933

1933

Crew

2014

Citizenfour
Movie

Supervisor of Production Resources

Infos

Full Name
Sara Bernstein
Gender
Female