Bernstein, Steven (Steve Bernstein, Steven R. Bernstein)

PERSONAL

Career:

Composer, conductor, and orchestrator.

Awards, Honors:

Daytime Emmy Award (with others), outstanding music direction and composition, 1997, 1998, 1999, all for Animaniacs; Daytime Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding music direction and composition, 1998, 1999, both for Pinky and the Brain; Annie Award nomination (with others), outstanding individual achievement for music in an animated feature production, International Animated Film Society, 2000, for Wakko's Wish; Annie Award nomination (with others), outstanding individual achievement for music in an animated television production, 2000, for Histeria!; Daytime Emmy Award nomination (with Julie Bernstein), outstanding achievement in music direction and composition, 2006, for Baby Looney Tunes; Annie Award nomination (with others), best music in an animated television production, 2008, for The Backyardigans.

CREDITS

Film Orchestrator:

(As Steve R. Bernstein) L.A. Story, TriStar, 1991.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) D2: The Mighty Ducks (also known as The Mighty Ducks 2), Buena Vista, 1994.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Get Shorty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Manny & Lo, Sony Pictures Classics, 1996.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Excess Baggage, Sony, 1997.

Clay Pigeons, Gramercy, 1998.

(As Steven R. Bernstein) Supernova, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2000.

(As Steven R. Bernstein) The Perfect Storm (also known as Der Sturm), Warner Bros., 2000.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as The Grinch, Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," and Der Grinch), Universal, 2000.

(As Steven R. Bernstein) Windtalkers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002.

(As Steven R. Bernstein) City by the Sea (also known as The Suspect), Warner Bros., 2002.

(As Steve Bernstein) Millions, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2004.

Film Conductor:

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Get Shorty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Manny & Lo, Sony Pictures Classics, 1996.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Excess Baggage, Sony, 1997.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Phantoms (also known as Dean Koontz's "Phantoms"), Dimension Films, 1998.

(As Steven R. Bernstein) Supernova, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2000.

Film Work; Other:

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Trumpet, Joey Breaker, Skouras Pictures, 1993.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Paul Shapiro's Quintet trumpet performer, The Watermelon Woman, First Run Features, 1996.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Music arranger and associate music producer, Kansas City, Fine Line Features, 1996.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Featured musician, Going All the Way, Gramercy Pictures, 1997.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Trumpet, Brother to Brother, Wolfe Video, 2004.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Horns, Reno 911: Miami, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2007.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Music arranger, Meet the Robinsons, Buena Vista, 2007.

Film Appearances:

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Himself, John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards in Berlin, Telecom Japan International, 1991.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Voice, Wakko's Wish (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish"), 1999.

Television Work; Series:

Orchestrator and trumpet, Fishing with John, 1998.

Television Work; Movies:

(Uncredited) Conductor, Winchell, HBO, 1998.

(Uncredited) Orchestrator, A Glimpse of Hell, FX Channel, 2001.

(Uncredited) Orchestrator, L.A. Law: The Movie, NBC, 2002.

Television Work; Specials:

Orchestrator (opening ceremony), The 1996 Summer Olympics, NBC, 1996.

Music arranger and associate music producer, Robert Altman's Jazz '34, PBS, 1997.

WRITINGS

Film Scores:

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Before & After, 1984.

(As Steve Bernstein) Wakko's Wish (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish"), 1999.

Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale, IFC Films, 2000.

Would I Lie to You?, 2002.

Baby Looney Tunes: Eggs-traordinary Adventure (animated), Warner Bros., 2003.

Noddy Saves Christmas (animated short), Kidtoon Films, 2004.

Tom and Jerry Blast Off to Mars! (animated), Warner Bros., 2005.

Noddy and the Island Adventure (animated short), Universal, 2005.

Television Scores; Series:

Taz-Mania, Fox, 1991.

Animaniacs (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs"), Fox, 1993-94.

Pinky and the Brain (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Pinky & the Brain"), The WB, 1995.

Freakazoid! (animated), The WB, 1995.

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (animated), The WB, 1995.

One Saturday Morning (animated; also known as Disney's "One Saturday Morning"), ABC, 1997.

Warner Bros.' "Histeria!" (animated), The WB, 1998.

Make Way for Noddy, 2001.

Baby Looney Tunes (animated), Cartoon Network, 2002.

Say It with Noddy, 2005.

Television Main Title Music; Series:

Toonsylvania (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Toonsylvania"), Fox, 1998.

Television Scores; Movies:

Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (animated; also known as Arabian Nights and Scooby Doo's "Arabian Nights"), syndicated, 1994.

Television Scores; Specials:

(As Steve Bernstein) Tiny Toon Adventures: Spring Break Special (animated), Fox, 1994.

A Flintstone Christmas Carol (animated), syndicated, 1994.

Tiny Toon Adventures: Night Ghoulery (animated), Fox, 1995.

Television Songs; Specials:

"Piano Boogie," Robert Altman's Jazz '34, PBS, 1997.

Bernstein, Steven

PERSONAL

Some sources cite birthplace as Buffalo, NY. Education: Attended Cambridge University.

Addresses:

Agent—Montana Artists Agency, 7715 Sunset Blvd., 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Career:

Cinematographer and writer. Photographer for documentary films, music videos, and commercials; also worked as second unit photographer. University of Southern California, lecturer in film.

Member:

American Society of Cinematographers.

Awards, Honors:

Tokyo International Film Festival Award (with Emmanuel Lubezki), best artistic contribu- tion, 1992, for Como agua para chocolate; also received photography awards for commercials.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

Smart Alec (also known as Hollywood Dreaming and The Movie Maker), Paris Video, 1986.

Jade (short film), Positive Partnership, 1988.

Conspiracy, Premier Releasing, 1989.

(With Emmanuel Lubezki) Como agua para chocolate (also known as Like Water for Chocolate), subtitled version, Miramax, 1993.

Moondance, Buena Vista Home Video, 1995.

Kicking and Screaming, Trimark Pictures, 1995.

Underworld, Trimark Pictures, 1996.

Bulletproof, Universal, 1996.

Curdled, Miramax, 1996.

Highball, Shoreline Entertainment, 1997.

Murder at 1600, Warner Bros., 1997.

Mr. Jealousy, Lions Gate Films, 1998.

Half Baked, Universal, 1998.

The Waterboy, Buena Vista, 1998.

The Wood, Paramount, 1999.

Goodbye, Casanova, Eyestrain Productions, 2000.

More Dogs than Bones, More Dogs, 2000.

Christmas in the Clouds, Majestic Films/Slowhand Releasing, 2001.

The Forsaken (also known as Desert Vampires, The Forsaken: Desert Vampires, and Vampires of the Desert), Screen Gems, 2001.

Scary Movie 2 (also known as Scarier Movie), Miramax, 2001.

Corky Romano (also known as Corky Romano: "Special" Agent), Buena Vista, 2001.

Monster, Newmarket Films, 2003.

White Chicks, Columbia, 2004.

Little Man (also known as Perfect Gem & Valuable), Revolution Studios/Sony Pictures Releasing, 2006.

One Night with the King, Rocky Mountain Pictures, 2006.

Behind the Smile, 2004, ThinkFilm, 2007.

Crawl Space (short film), Jury-Rig Films, 2007.

Tortured, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2008.

Film Appearances:

British reporter, Behind the Smile, 2004, ThinkFilm, 2007.

Esther's father, One Night with the King, Rocky Mountain Pictures, 2006.

Television Cinematographer; Series:

The Diamond Brothers, 1991.

Threshold, CBS, 2005-2006.

Television Cinematographer; Movies:

Deptford Graffiti (also known as 4 Play: Deptford Graffiti), Channel 4, 1991.

The Secretary, CBS, 1995.

Trade Off, Showtime, 1996.

Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie, FX Network, 2002.

Television Cinematographer; Miniseries:

The Monroes, ABC, 1995.

"The Jacksons: First Family of Pop," Famous Families, 1998.

Television Cinematographer; Pilots:

Threshold, CBS, 2005.

"The Jake Effect," Brilliant but Cancelled, Bravo, 2006.

Television Work; Specials:

Cinematographer and director, No Head for Heights, Channel 4, 1992.

Television Cinematographer; Episodic:

The Opposite Sex, Fox, 2000.

WRITINGS

The Technique of Film Production (book), Focal Press, 1994.

Also author of the play Dominion.