Fred Berner Explained

Fred Berner (born March 6, 1953) is an American producer and director, best known for producing Maestro, Pollock,[1] and Vanya on 42nd Street, and for directing and producing hundreds of hours of television, including on Law & Order.

Career

Berner and his producing partner Amy Durning first approached the family of conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein for music and life rights in 2008, thus beginning a 15-year journey of research and development, which would eventually result in the Bradley Cooper film Maestro (Netflix, 2023).[2] [3] Maestro stars Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper, it was written by Josh Singer and Cooper, and produced by Cooper, Berner, Durning, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, and Martin Scorsese.

Prior to this, his New York-based production company, Fred Berner Films, produced independent films such as Louis Malle's Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) and the biopic of painter Jackson Pollock, Pollock (2000). The latter earned Academy Award nominations for Ed Harris and Marcia Gay Harden, with Harden winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. The company also produced 3 Backyards (2010),[4] starring Edie Falco, and Speak (2004), starring a then 13-year old Kristen Stewart.[5] Berner also produced Straight Talk[6] (1992), starring Dolly Parton.

Berner served as an Executive Producer on and on the original Law & Order until the latter's cancellation in 2010.

Berner's work also includes several television movies, mini-series, and specials. He directed (2017) starring Edie Falco. As a producer or executive producer, his credits include Murder in a Small Town (1999), starring Gene Wilder; the ABC Special About Us: The Dignity of Children (1997) hosted by Oprah Winfrey (Emmy-nominated); (1994); (1991); Rising Son (1990), starring Brian Dennehy and Matt Damon; and Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo (1988) for HBO.[7]

For the stage, Berner directed Warren Leight's Sec. 310, Row D, Seats 5 and 6 (2014) and Alan Zweibel's Pine Cone Moment (2013) and Happy (2010) for Summer Shorts at 59E59 Theaters.[8] [9] Happy and Sec. 310, Row D, Seats 5 and 6 were also recorded as radio plays for Playing On Air. Berner directed the short film Still Happy, an adaptation of the play, starring Scott Adsit and Arthur French.[10]

Berner is a member of the Directors Guild of America.[11]

Filmography

Feature films

Television series

Television movies and mini-series

Theater, shorts, radio

Awards and nominations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fred Berner Movies and Filmography . 2023-12-01 . AllMovie . en.
  2. Web site: Fleming . Mike Jr. . 2018-05-10 . Bradley Cooper To Star In & Direct Leonard Bernstein Movie As Dueling Biopics Tune Up . 2023-11-29 . Deadline . en-US.
  3. Schulman . Michael . 2023-11-13 . Lenny's Offspring Like the Nose . en-US . The New Yorker . 2023-11-29 . 0028-792X.
  4. Web site: 3 Backyards — Film Review . Byrge . Duane . October 14, 2010 . hollywoodreporter.com . The Hollywood Reporter . December 12, 2023.
  5. News: Genzlinger . Neil . 2005-09-05 . For One Teenager, the Party's Over . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-29 . 0362-4331.
  6. Web site: Straight Talk . 2023-12-01 . TVGuide.com . en.
  7. Web site: Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo . 2023-12-03 . www.tcm.com . en.
  8. News: Soloski . Alexis . 2014-07-24 . So, Winning Isn't the Only Thing? . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-29 . 0362-4331.
  9. News: Webster . Andy . 2013-08-12 . Seriously, Levity Is Onstage . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-29 . 0362-4331.
  10. Web site: Fred Berner . 2023-12-01 . Playing on Air . en-US.
  11. Web site: Made in the U.S.A. - . 2023-12-01 . www.dga.org . en.
  12. Web site: Fred Berner . 2023-12-02 . www.tcm.com . en.
  13. Web site: 2019-07-01 . 'FBI: Most Wanted': Fred Berner Inks New Deal As EP & Director Of CBS Series . 2023-12-01 . Yahoo Entertainment . en-US.
  14. Web site: Collections Search BFI British Film Institute . 2023-12-02 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
  15. Web site: Collections Search BFI British Film Institute . 2023-12-02 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
  16. Web site: WITHOUT WARNING: THE JAMES BRADY STORY . 2023-12-02 . Television Academy . en.
  17. Web site: Rich . Alan . 1994-10-10 . Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee . 2023-12-02 . Variety . en-US.
  18. Web site: Hidden in America . 2023-12-02 . Dove.org . en-US.
  19. Web site: Fred Berner . 2023-12-02 . Television Academy . en.
  20. Web site: Collections Search BFI British Film Institute . 2023-12-02 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
  21. Web site: Shanfeld . Brent Lang,Ethan . Lang . Brent . Shanfeld . Ethan . 2023-12-11 . Golden Globes 2024: Full Nominations List . 2023-12-18 . Variety . en-US.
  22. Web site: Davis . Clayton . 2024-01-12 . PGA Awards Nominations: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ and ‘Zone of Interest’ Make History and Join ‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ and More . 2024-01-23 . Variety . en-US.
  23. News: Gonzalez . Shivani . 2024-01-23 . Oscar Nominees 2024: See the Full List . 2024-01-23 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  24. Web site: Fred Berner . 2023-12-02 . Golden Globes . en-US.

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