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John Bernstein

John Bernstein

Associate Professor of Film &
Director of Screenwriting Program

SBA, University of Michigan;
PhD, The University of Texas, Austin.

Professor Bernstein has taught screenwriting, playwriting, film theory, creative writing and English at Duke University, Tel Aviv University, and the University of Copenhagen, and has conducted professional film seminars at the Munich Film School and the National Film School of Denmark. He has also worked as Director of Development, Film Consultant, Story Editor, and Dramaturge for major film companies and theaters. A number of his plays have won national prizes and been staged in a variety of theaters worldwide. His film A Scent of Paradise (starring Penelope Cruz) has won a number of international prizes. Professor Bernstein's film, Turn Right By The Yellow Dog, starring Peter Gantzler (Italian for Beginners), premiered in September 2003.