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Walter Bernstein

Blacklisted writer in the 50s, a victim of the Republican-led HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee), he still continued to write under pseudonyms as did many other blacklisted writers such as Ring Lardner Jr. and Dalton Trumbo, and his biggest contribution during that time was probably his... See full bio »

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Hide HideWriter (31 titles)
2011 Hidden (TV series)
Episode #1.4 (2011) (creator)
Episode #1.3 (2011) (creator)
Episode #1.2 (2011) (creator)
Episode #1.1 (2011) (creator)
 
2000 Fail Safe (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1999 Durango (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1997 Miss Evers' Boys (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1995 The Affair (TV movie) (story)
 
1994 Doomsday Gun (TV movie) (written by)
 
1988 The House on Carroll Street (written by)
 
1988 The Couch Trip (screenwriter)
 
1979 Yanks (screenplay)
 
1979 An Almost Perfect Affair (writer)
 
1978 The Betsy (screenplay)
 
1977 Semi-Tough
 
1976 The Front (written by)
 
1970 The Molly Maguires (written by)
 
1965 The Money Trap
 
1964 Profiles in Courage (TV series)
Richard T. Ely (1964) (writer)
 
1964 The Train (uncredited)
 
1964 Fail-Safe (screenplay)
 
1962 Something's Got to Give (short) (screenplay)
 
1961 Paris Blues (screenplay)
 
1961 The Light That Failed (TV movie) (script)
 
1960 The Magnificent Seven (uncredited)
 
1960 A Breath of Scandal (adaptation)
 
1960 Heller in Pink Tights (screenplay)
 
1959 The Wonderful Country (uncredited)
 
1959 That Kind of Woman (screenplay)
 
1953 You Are There (TV series)
 
1952 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Rich Boy (1952) (writer)
 
1948 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (adaptation)
 
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2000 Fail Safe (TV movie) (co-executive producer)
 
1978 Sparrow (TV movie) (producer)
 
1970 The Molly Maguires (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2000 Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (video documentary short) (archival material)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1977 Annie Hall
Annie's Date Outside Theatre
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2012 Hello I Must Be Going (thanks)
 
2007 Eagle vs Shark (special thanks)
 
2005 The Motel (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (14 titles)
2012 Hollywood Renegade (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2009 Sundance Directors Lab (TV series documentary)
Himself
That's a Wrap! (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Hollywood contra Franco (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Trumbo (documentary)
Himself/Interviewee
 
2000-2003 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
None Without Sin (2003) … Himself
On Cukor (2000) … Himself
 
2002 The Tramp and the Dictator (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
Lee Grant … Himself
 
1990 Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
Episode dated 19 January 1977 (1977) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1976 Hollywood on Trial (documentary)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Between 'Us' and 'Them,' Suspicion Poisons the Air; Commentary published in The Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2004

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Personal Quote:

I remember Marty Ritt saying [of Elia Kazan] that he started writing the kind of novels that he would have sneered at directing. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo