Steven Bernstein

An award-winning feature film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer, Steven Bernstein has shaped some of the most striking and/or popular films of the past 40 years.

His work on the Academy Award-winning film Monster and on Like Water for Chocolate has earned global recognition. He is a recipient of the American Film Institute Award, the Sloan Award (for writing and directing), the Cannes Golden Lion (for commercials), and is an ASC nominee for outstanding cinematography.  He has worked on over 50 feature films.

He wrote and directed several groundbreaking feature films.(With John Malkovich, Samantha Morton and many others)

His radical views on narrative and story structure still upsets a lot of people. Others love him for it.

His podcast with Vince Grimes about the creative process, Filmmakerandfans, is wildly popular.