Producer of Emmy Award-winning “Friday Night Lights” and HBO’s “The Leftovers” will be hosting a workshop with BFMC on June 28 titled “A Producer’s Perspective: Career Pathways and Responsibilities.”
Tyringham — Ethics, “with a capital E,” have kept Nan Bernstein grounded over the course of a 38-year career in film and television production—so, too, has her home base in the Berkshires. After more than three decades on the road—producing television hits like the Emmy Award-winning “Friday Night Lights” (which aired on NBC for five seasons from 2006-2011) and “The Leftovers,” (which aired on HBO Max for three seasons, from 2014-2017)—Bernstein is “taking five” in the 413, using the pause to focus on teaching the practical side of the film business to film students via dynamic private mentoring and seminars. On June 28, Bernstein will join Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative for an online workshop called, “A Producer’s Perspective: Career Pathways and Responsibilities.”
“It’s like being a general contractor—you’re making sure the electric and plumbing go in before the walls go up,” said Bernstein of a job many associate with glamour; from her perspective, it’s more of a roll-up-your sleeves, nitty gritty kind of job, filled with budgets, schedules, and endless reports—all of which are important, if not integral, to projects (and producers) reaching the level of acclaim Bernstein has achieved.