Armyan Bernstein

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]

Armyan Bernstein
Bernstein in 2007
Born
United States
OccupationFilm producer, screenwriter, film director
Spouse(s)Christine Meleo

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.[3][4][5] He is married to Christine Meleo.[5][3]

Filmography

Films
Title Year Executive
Producer		 Producer Writer Director Notes
Thank God It's Friday 1978 Yes
One from the Heart 1981 Co-producer Yes
Windy City 1984 Yes Yes Directorial debut
Cross My Heart 1987 Yes Yes
Satisfaction 1988 Yes
The Commitments 1991 Yes
A Midnight Clear 1992 Yes
Sugar Hill 1993 Yes
Princess Caraboo 1994 Yes
The Road to Wellville 1994 Yes
The Baby-Sitters Club 1995 Yes
364 Girls a Year 1996 Yes
Air Force One 1997 Yes
A Thousand Acres 1997 Yes
Playing God 1997 Yes
Disturbing Behavior 1998 Yes
For Love of the Game 1999 Yes
End of Days 1999 Yes
The Hurricane 1999 Yes Yes
Bring It On 2000 Yes
The Family Man 2000 Yes
Thirteen Days 2000 Yes
Spy Game 2001 Yes
Tuck Everlasting 2002 Yes
The Emperor's Club 2002 Yes
Open Range 2003 Yes
Bring It On: Again 2004 Yes Direct-to-video film
Dawn of the Dead 2004 Yes
Ladder 49 2004 Yes
A Lot Like Love 2005 Yes
Firewall 2006 Yes
Bring It On: All or Nothing 2006 Yes Direct-to-video film
Children of Men 2006 Yes
Pu-239 2006 Yes
The Guardian 2006 Yes
Let's Go to Prison 2006 Yes
Bring It On: In It to Win It 2007 Yes Direct-to-video film
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish 2009 Yes Direct-to-video film
Mardi Gras: Spring Break 2011 Yes Limited release
Grey Lady 2015 Yes Story
Bring It On: Worldwide Cheersmack 2017 Yes Direct-to-video film
Dreadspace 2017 Yes Short film

Television
Title Year Producer Writer Notes
Family 1976 Yes Episode: "Monday Is Forever"
The Earth Day Special 1990 Executive Yes Television special
Naked Hotel 2003 Yes Yes Television film
Ny-Lon 2008 Executive Unsold pilot
Castle 2009-2016 Executive 171 episodes
Agent X 2015 Executive 9 episodes

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, 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. "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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