Armyan Bernstein

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

Armyan Bernstein
Bernstein in 2007
Born
United States
OccupationFilm producer, screenwriter, film director

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.

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.

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.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Writer and director
Title Year Director Writer Producer Notes
Family 1976 Yes Televison series (episode: "Monday Is Forever", directed by Glenn Jordan)
Thank God It's Friday 1978 Yes Directed by Robert Klane
One from the Heart 1981 Yes Co-producer Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Windy City 1984 Yes Yes Directorial Debut
Cross My Heart 1987 Yes Yes
The Earth Day Special 1990 Yes Executive Television special
The Hurricane 1999 Yes Yes Directed by Norman Jewison
Naked Hotel 2003 Yes Yes Television film, directed by Phil Joanou
Grey Lady 2015 Story Yes Directed by John Shea

Producer
Title Year Executive
Producer		 Producer Director Notes
Satisfaction 1988 Yes Joan Freeman
The Commitments 1991 Yes Alan Parker
A Midnight Clear 1992 Yes Keith Gordon
Sugar Hill 1993 Yes Leon Ichaso
Princess Caraboo 1994 Yes Michael Austin
The Road to Wellville 1994 Yes Alan Parker
The Baby-Sitters Club 1995 Yes Melanie Mayron
364 Girls a Year 1996 Yes Rocco Urbisci
Air Force One 1997 Yes Wolfgang Petersen
A Thousand Acres 1997 Yes Jocelyn Moorhouse
Playing God 1997 Yes Andy Wilson
Disturbing Behavior 1998 Yes David Nutter
For Love of the Game 1999 Yes Sam Raimi
End of Days 1999 Yes Peter Hyams
Bring It On 2000 Yes Peyton Reed
The Family Man 2000 Yes Brett Ratner
Thirteen Days 2000 Yes Roger Donaldson
Spy Game 2001 Yes Tony Scott
Tuck Everlasting 2002 Yes Jay Russell
The Emperor's Club 2002 Yes Michael Hoffman
Open Range 2003 Yes Kevin Costner
Bring It On: Again 2004 Yes Damon Santostefano Direct-to-video film
Dawn of the Dead 2004 Yes Zack Snyder
Ladder 49 2004 Yes Jay Russell
A Lot Like Love 2005 Yes Nigel Cole
Firewall 2006 Yes Richard Loncraine
Bring It On: All or Nothing 2006 Yes Steve Rash Direct-to-video film
Children of Men 2006 Yes Alfonso Cuaron
Pu-239 2006 Yes Scott Z. Burns
The Guardian 2006 Yes Andrew Davis
Let's Go to Prison 2006 Yes Bob Odenkirk
Bring It On: In It to Win It 2007 Yes Steve Rash Direct-to-video film
Ny-Lon 2008 Yes Larry Shaw Unsold television pilot
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish 2009 Yes Bille Woodruff Direct-to-video film
Castle 2009-2016 Yes Variours Television series (171 eisodes)
Mardi Gras: Spring Break 2011 Yes Phil Dornfield Limited release
Agent X 2015 Yes Variours Television series (9 episodes)
Bring It On: Worldwide Cheersmack 2017 Yes Robert Adetuyi Direct-to-video film
Dreadspace 2017 Yes Augie Meleo Short film

References
  1. "Armyan Bernstein". The New York Times.
  2. "Beacon Pictures". Beacon Pictures. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  3. Lynne Bernstein's obituary, The Chicago Tribune, June 4, 2019 (also available on "Shiva").
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