Production
Fred Berner
Fred Berner is a producer and assistant director.
Known For
Maestro · 2023Maestro
★ 6.22023
MovieDramaRomance
A towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.
Straight Talk · 1992Straight Talk
★ 6.01992
MovieComedyRomance
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.
Speak · 2004Speak
★ 7.12004
MovieDrama
Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles, she folds into herself, trying to hide her secret: that star senior Andy raped her at the party. But Melinda does manage to find solace in her art class headed by Mr. Freeman.
The Great White Hype · 1996The Great White Hype
★ 5.21996
MovieComedy
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.
Pollock · 2000Pollock
★ 6.72000
MovieDramaHistory
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.
The Ballad of Little Jo · 1993The Ballad of Little Jo
★ 6.11993
MovieRomanceDrama
After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.
Vanya on 42nd Street · 1994Vanya on 42nd Street
★ 6.61994
MovieDrama
An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.
White Hot · 1989White Hot
★ 3.81989
MovieDrama
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been an honest and clean of drugs, but when he spends his days surrounded by riches and drugs, he cannot resist... and neither can his addict wife.
Filmography
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The Nesting · 1981The Nesting
★ 5.31981
MovieHorrorMystery
A New York writer of gothic fiction finds her mansion full of ghosts from a brothel massacre.
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