Karen Bernstein

RECENT FILM/ VIDEO/ RADIO PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE:

  • Sept. 2004 Producer, Troop 1500 (ITVS)
  • June, 2004 Producer/ Director, Are The Kids Alright? (PBS)
  • June, 2004 Producer/ Director, Queen of My Room/ Marfa, TX (Gallery HD)
  • January, 2003 Producer, Sundance Channel spots, various
  • 2003 Producer, Texas Monthly Talks (PBS/ Texas Monthly magazine)
  • May, 2002 Producer/ Director, Meet Mike Mills (Sundance Channel)
    screened at The New York Video Festival, Lincoln Center, 2002
  • July, 1999 – present    Director, PopAction (Mobilus Media)
  • December, 2001 – present  Director, The Wrestling Party (HBO – Real Sex)
  • January, 2001 – present    Producer, Atomic Ed & The Black Hole (HBO)
  • January – April, 2001  Series Producer, Boing TV ! The Idea Show (PBS)
  • April, 1993 – January, 2001 – Series Producer, AMERICAN MASTERS, Thirteen/ WNET, PBS series of American arts and culture biography
  • January, 2001 –  Producer,  AMERICAN MASTERS/ Juilliard (national airdate – Jan., 2003)
  • September, 2000 – Producer, AMERICAN MASTERS/ Clint Eastwood – Out of the Shadows (national airdate – Fall, 2000)
  • May, 2000 – Correspondent, THIS AMERICAN LIFE/ Public Radio International, “Mob Mentality” producer: Alex Blumberg
  • December, 1999 -   Producer,  AMERICAN MASTERS – Ella Fitzgerald – Something To Live For (national airdate: December, 1999/ nominated for a Grammy award – Best Long Form Music Video)
  • March, 1997 – April, 1998   Co-Producer, AMERICAN MASTERS -  Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart, national airdate: April, 1998 /  extensive international festival run including Sundance International Film Festival ’98 and the Berlin International Film Festival ‘98
  • December, 1995 - November, 1996  Co-Producer, AMERICAN MASTERS - Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice, national airdate: November, 1996
  • April, 1994 - April, 1995   Associate Producer, AMERICAN MASTERS - Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light, national airdate: January, 1996

HONORS/ AWARDS OF NOTE:

             Lone Star Emmy nomination, Texas Monthly Talks: Nellie Connally

             Texas Mental Health Assn. Award:  Are The Kids Alright?

             PopACTION – portrait of a renegade dancer invited to IFP Market, NYC      

            Grammy Award nomination  Ella Fitzgerald – Something To Live For

            Emmy Award for Best Non-Fiction series  AMERICAN MASTERS

             Grammy Award for Best Long Form Video:  Lou Reed- Rock And Roll Heart

            Sundance, Berlin, Jerusalem documentary competitions: Lou Reed- Rock and Roll Heart

             Audience Award, Hamptons International Film Festival: Richard Avedon-Darkness and Light

AFFILIATIONS:

    Austin Film Society (Board Member since 2003), Association of Independent Film and Video Makers (AIFV), International Documentary Association

EDUCATION:

         Yale University, through 1982

         Fairfield University, 1981-82

         New York University School of the Arts, 1979-1980

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