| Biography:
Fred Bernstein is a partner in the Corporate Department of Proskauer Rose's
Los Angeles office where he focuses on a broad spectrum of activities relating
to the creation and financing of entertainment content.
Mr. Bernstein provides counseling, and negotiates and structures deals, relating
to the development, production and distribution of motion pictures and programming
for delivery via television, the internet and mobile devices. Mr. Bernstein
also devotes a significant portion of his practice to the structuring of transactions
for the financing of motion picture and television productions and deals between
financing, production and distribution entities. In addition, he focuses on
branded entertainment by counseling and structuring transactions for a host
of brand marketers in connection with film and television production and other
media.
Prior to joining Proskauer Rose, Mr. Bernstein was partner and Co-Chair of the
Entertainment, Advertising and Media practice group of Manatt, Phelps &
Phillips in Los Angeles. Before Manatt, Mr. Bernstein was the head of E-Studio
Network.com, an e-commerce website and communications platform for film, television,
and commercial production professionals, and produced films independently through
his company, Vertical Pictures.
For over 15 years, Mr. Bernstein was part of the senior management of several
major motion picture studios. He was President of the Columbia TriStar Motion
Picture Companies, overseeing the business and operations of Columbia Pictures,
TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Releasing, and Columbia
TriStar Film Distributors International.
Prior to Columbia TriStar, Mr. Bernstein was Senior Vice President of MCA Motion
Picture Group, where he managed the operations of Universal Pictures and its
affiliates. Before joining MCA, he was President of Worldwide Production for
Columbia Pictures and Senior Vice President of Business Affairs. He began his
career in the film industry by serving as Vice President of Business Affairs
at Casablanca FilmWorks and later Time-Life Films.
Mr. Bernstein is a recognized expert in the field of entertainment law and was named among the Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008, was recognized by Los Angeles magazine as one of Southern California Super Lawyers for the past consecutive four years and was chosen by Lawdragon Magazine as one of the Lawdragon 500 New Stars, New Worlds in 2006.
Mr. Bernstein received his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles,
School of Law in 1976 where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and a member
of the Law Review. He earned a B.A., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1973.
Mr. Bernstein is an adjunct professor at the School of Cinema-Television of
the University of Southern California, where he teaches a graduate seminar on
the workings of the motion picture business in the 21st Century. He is a member
of the Executive Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences,
a member of the board of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Los Angeles,
and a founding board member of the Performing Arts Theater of the Handicapped.
Mr. Bernstein is also the Chair of the Planning and Allocations Sub-committee
on Services to the Vulnerable for The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.
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