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name: "Bert Schneider"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bert-schneider"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "5 May 1933"
died: "12 December 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:23:14.953335+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bert Schneider

Producer. Born 5 May 1933 in New York City. Died 12 December 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 5 May 1933, New York City
- **Died:** 12 December 2011

## Biography

Bert Schneider was an American film and television producer. With Bob Rafelson he created the television series *The Monkees* (1966–1968) and formed Raybert Productions, later BBS Productions with Steve Blauner. The company backed several films that helped define the New Hollywood era.

He served as executive producer on *Easy Rider* (1969), *Five Easy Pieces* (1970) and *The Last Picture Show* (1971), and as producer on the documentary *Hearts and Minds* (1974), which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and on *Days of Heaven* (1978). Schneider was born in New York City on 5 May 1933 and died in Los Angeles on 12 December 2011.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, imdb.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Days of Heaven* (1978), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/days-of-heaven.md)

## Also known for

- *Easy Rider* (1969), Executive Producer
- *The Last Picture Show* (1971), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-picture-show.md)
- *Five Easy Pieces* (1970), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/five-easy-pieces.md)
- *Head* (1968), Executive Producer
- *Hearts and Minds* (1974), Producer
- *The Monkees* (1966), Producer

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