- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- August 20, 1919
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- January 22, 2021
Walter Bernstein
In February 1941, Bernstein was drafted into the U.S. Army. Eventually attaining the rank of Sergeant, he spent most of World War II as a correspondent on the staff of the Army newspaper Yank, filing dispatches from Iran, Palestine, Egypt, North Africa, Sicily and Yugoslavia. He wrote of his experiences in Palestine in an article entitled "War and Palestine". Bernstein wrote a number of articles and stories based on his experiences in the Army, many of which originally appeared in The New Yorker. These were collected in Keep Your Head Down, his first book, published in 1945. Bernstein first came to Hollywood in 1947, under a ten-week contract with writer-producer-director Robert Rossen at Columbia Pictures. Following that stint, he worked for a while for producer Harold Hecht, which resulted in his first screen credit, shared with Ben Maddow, for their adaptation of the Gerald Butler n…
Filmography
movieTell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
2016 · Self
Imitation of Life: The Blacklist History of High Noon
movieImitation of Life: The Blacklist History of High Noon
2016
tvHidden
2011 · Creator
movieA War in Hollywood
2009 · Self - Screenwriter
movieTrumbo
2007 · Self - Interviewee
movieArthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist: None Without Sin
2003 · Self
movieThe Tramp and the Dictator
2002 · Self (uncredited)
movieMarilyn Monroe: The Final Days
2001 · Self
movieOn Cukor
2000 · Self
movieRevisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000 · Self
movieGuns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000 · Self
movieFail Safe
2000 · Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer
movieDurango
1999 · Writer
movieHollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
1998 · Self
movieMiss Evers' Boys
1997 · Writer
movieThe Affair
1995 · Story
movieDoomsday Gun
1994 · Writer
movieWomen & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991 · Writer, Director
movieThe House on Carroll Street
1988 · Writer
movieLittle Miss Marker
1980 · Screenplay, Director
movieYanks
1979 · Screenplay
movieAn Almost Perfect Affair
1979 · Writer
movieThe Betsy
1978 · Screenplay
Sparrow
movieSparrow
1978 · Producer
movieSemi-Tough
1977 · Screenplay
movieAnnie Hall
1977 · Annie's Date Outside Theatre
movieThe Front
1976 · Writer
movieThe Molly Maguires
1970 · Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Money Trap
1965 · Writer
movieFail Safe
1964 · Screenplay
movieThe Train
1964 · Screenplay
movieParis Blues
1961 · Screenplay
movieThe Magnificent Seven
1960 · Screenplay
movieA Breath of Scandal
1960 · Adaptation
movieHeller in Pink Tights
1960 · Screenplay
movieThe Wonderful Country
1959 · Screenplay
movieThat Kind of Woman
1959 · Screenplay
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Additional Writing
movieKiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948 · Adaptation