Armyan Bernstein

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Armyan Bernstein
Armyan Bernstein.jpg
Bernstein in 2007
Born (1947-08-12) August 12, 1947 (age 74)
United States
OccupationFilm producer, screenwriter, film director
Spouse(s)Christine Meleo

Barry "Armyan" Bernstein (born August 12, 1947) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter.[1] He is the co-founder and chairman of film company Beacon Pictures.[2]

Career[]

Bernstein has produced, executive produced, written or directed more than 40 films, including Air Force One, The Hurricane (which he also co-wrote), Spy Game , The Family Man, The Guardian, Children of Men, the Dawn of the Dead remake, Bring It On, Open Range, Thirteen Days, A Lot Like Love, Firewall and End of Days. Films he has produced via Beacon Pictures include Ladder 49, Raising Helen, For Love of the Game and The Water Horse.

In television, Bernstein was the Executive Producer of the TNT series Agent X and the ABC series Castle, created by Andrew Marlowe, who wrote Air Force One and End of Days for Beacon.

Bernstein also produced the Broadway musical Bring It On, which was nominated for a Tony for Best Musical.

Bernstein has received many awards including being honored as Showest Producer of the Year, and winning the USC Scripter Award for his screenplay for The Hurricane.[citation needed]

He is also the founder and Chairman of the upcoming sports league, The People's Games.

Bernstein founded Beacon Communications in 1990 with his college fraternity brother, Tom Rosenberg, who now has his own successful film company, Lakeshore Entertainment, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture for Million Dollar Baby.

Bernstein was also a partner with Charlie Lyons and the Ascent Entertainment Group which owned the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, On-Command and Spectravision.

Other films produced by Bernstein and Beacon Pictures include The Commitments, A Midnight Clear, A Thousand Acres, Sugar Hill, Playing God, Princess Caraboo, The Road to Wellville and A Life in the Theatre, which won a cable ACE Award for Best Drama.[citation needed]

Armyan was born and raised in Chicago, and attended the University of Wisconsin. He was a broadcast journalist with PBS and then with ABC. He wrote the disco film Thank God It's Friday. He then wrote and co-produced Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart. Bernstein made his directing debut with Windy City, from his screenplay, which starred John Shea and Kate Capshaw. He also co-wrote and directed Cross My Heart, starring Martin Short and Annette O'Toole. He also wrote and produced ABC's Emmy Award–winning The Earth Day Special.[citation needed]

Personal life[]

Armyan Bernstein was born into a Jewish family, the youngest of Lynne and Armand Bernstein's two children.[3][4][5] He is married to Christine Meleo.[5][3]

Filmography[]

Producer[]

Title Year Notes
One from the Heart 1981 Co-producer
Satisfaction 1988 Executive producer
The Earth Day Special 1990 Executive producer
Television special
The Commitments 1991 Executive producer
A Midnight Clear 1992 Executive producer
Sugar Hill 1993 Executive producer
Princess Caraboo 1994 Executive producer
The Road to Wellville 1994
The Baby-Sitters Club 1995 Executive producer
364 Girls a Year 1996
Air Force One 1997
A Thousand Acres 1997 Executive producer
Playing God 1997 Executive producer
Disturbing Behavior 1998
For Love of the Game 1999
End of Days 1999
The Hurricane 1999
Bring It On 2000 Executive producer
The Family Man 2000 Executive producer
Thirteen Days 2000
Spy Game 2001 Executive producer
Tuck Everlasting 2002 Executive producer
The Emperor's Club 2002 Executive producer
Open Range 2003 Executive producer
Naked Hotel 2003 Television film
Bring It On: Again 2004 Executive producer
Direct-to-video film
Dawn of the Dead 2004 Executive producer
Ladder 49 2004 Executive producer
A Lot Like Love 2005
Firewall 2006
Bring It On: All or Nothing 2006 Executive producer
Direct-to-video film
Children of Men 2006 Executive producer
Pu-239 2006 Executive producer
The Guardian 2006 Executive producer
Let's Go to Prison 2006 Executive producer
Bring It On: In It to Win It 2007 Executive producer
Direct-to-video film
Ny-Lon 2008 Executive producer
Unsold television pilot
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish 2009 Executive producer
Direct-to-video film
Castle 2009-16 Executive producer
Television series
171 episodes
Mardi Gras: Spring Break 2011 Limited release
Grey Lady 2015
Agent X 2015 Executive producer
Television series
9 episodes
Bring It On: Worldwide Cheersmack 2017 Executive producer
Direct-to-video film
Dreadspace 2017 Executive producer
Short film

Writer[]

Title Year Notes
Family 1976 Television series
Episode: "Monday Is Forever"
Thank God It's Friday 1978
One from the Heart 1981
Windy City 1984
Cross My Heart 1987
The Earth Day Special 1990 Television special
The Hurricane 1999
Naked Hotel 2003 Television film
Grey Lady 2015 Story

Director[]

Title Year Notes
Windy City 1984 Directorial debut
Cross My Heart 1987

References[]

  1. ^ "Armyan Bernstein". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2014. Archived from the original on April 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "Beacon Pictures". Beacon Pictures. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Lynne Bernstein's obituary, Chicago Tribune, June 4, 2019 (also available on "Shiva").
  4. ^ "Privilege and its price". Los Angeles Times. December 7, 2008. My mom would get dressed up on Oscar night and make a special dinner," he said. "The next day, we didn't have to go to school. It was like a Jewish holiday.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Armand Bernstein, age 85, founder and president of Ogden Oil Co., beloved husband cherished friend of 62 years to Lynne; devoted loving father of Eileen (Richard) Kriozere and Army Barry (Christine Meleo) Bernstein". Chicago Tribune. June 1, 2003.

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