Summary

Norman C. Berns has a 40-year track record of producing award-winning films with top caliber teams. His projects have been consistently on-topic, on-budget and out of the ordinary.

Credits

1/19 – 1/20

Producer The Legendary Mr. Swyer

Film (Feature-length) — Add A Zero Productions Details
1/19 – 1/20

Producer/Director

5/16 – 12/17

Producer A Dignified Exit

Film (Feature-length) — Dignified Exit, LLC Details
5/16 – 12/17

Producer, book-optioner, screenplay-optioner, budget-maker, fundraiser, casting-coordinator,... And whatever else left undone before the shoot begins.

8/14 – 10/14

Showrunner The Insider (Season 3)

TV — Memento Details
8/14 – 10/14

On location in Miami, producing and directing the day to day operations of the MDPD SRT team. Includes SWAT training and actual missions. Organized & supervised all operations for this French production company.

1/13 – 10/14

Producer The Enlightenment

Film (Feature-length) — Makua Pictures Details
1/13 – 10/14

Start-up from casting to funding. Currently in development. Production postponed pending rewrite.

8/14 – 9/14

Location Coordinator (US liaison for French Production Company) The Insider (Season 3)

TV — Memento Details
8/14 – 9/14

Securing filming with an active SWAT team.

1/01 – 12/07

Producer/Director The Writing Code

PBS — TV Details
1/01 – 12/07

Producer/Director

1/98 – 1/05

Line Producer The Human Language

PBS — TV
1/98 – 1/05
1/90 – 1/99

Line Producer Live From The Met

PBS — TV — Equinox Films Details
1/90 – 1/99

Production, crew management, budgeting, billing, editing supervision and delivery of nine separate Emmy winning "intermission features" for the Metropolitan Opera's live broadcasts.

Unions

  • Directors Guild of America (DGA)

Orgs

  • AEA
  • SAG-AFTRA
  • Internet Press Guild

Recos

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Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

BA/Journalism, Creative Writing & Rhetoric

Skills

  • Reality
  • Production
  • Writing
  • Development
  • Documentary
  • Budgeting
  • scheduling
  • Marketing
  • Creative
  • Business Management
  • Direction
  • Funding
  • Set Management