---
name: "Bill Bernstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-bernstein"
fi1m_id: "bill-bernstein"
imdb_id: "nm0077007"
tmdb_id: 7538
wikidata_id: "Q22110355"
roles: ["Music editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 16
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 14
updated: "2026-09-26T01:52:03.080499+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."
---

# Bill Bernstein

## Identity

Bill Bernstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-bernstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-bernstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0077007
- **TMDB ID:** 7538
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22110355
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22110355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0077007/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7538

Music editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Music editor
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 16: 1 acting, 14 crew, 1 other
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 1990s 77 (5), 2000s 75 (5), 2010s 64 (4), 2020s 60 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 68 across 13 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 9 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 10, Thriller 6, Crime 4, Adventure 3, Action 2, Family 2
- **Screen time:** 30 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,144m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22110355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0077007/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7538

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Crimes and Misdemeanors*](https://film.one/film/crimes-and-misdemeanors.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bill Bernstein is a music editor who has worked on more than 60 feature films. His credits include *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), *The Green Mile* (1999), *American Beauty* (1999), *Finding Nemo* (2003), *The Help* (2011), *Bridge of Spies* (2015), *Spectre* (2015) and *Passengers* (2016). He has frequently collaborated with composer Thomas Newman.

Bernstein began his career in the late 1980s as an assistant music editor and progressed to supervising music editor on many projects. He also has a small acting credit as the Testimonial Speaker in Woody Allen’s *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989). He studied mathematics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

He received Grammy Awards for his work on the soundtracks of *American Beauty* and *Skyfall*, a technical Academy Award for developing the Streamline Scoring System, and multiple Golden Reel Awards from the Motion Picture Sound Editors.

*Sources: imdb.com, news.ucsc.edu.*

## On Fi1m (16)

### Performed in (1)

- *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989), Fi1m 84, as Testimonial Speaker — [page](https://film.one/film/crimes-and-misdemeanors.md)

### Crew (14) — the average rests on these

- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2025), Fi1m 60, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon.md)
- *Spectre* (2015), Fi1m 58, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/spectre.md)
- *Side Effects* (2013), Fi1m 70, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md)
- *The Adjustment Bureau* (2011), Fi1m 64, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adjustment-bureau.md)
- *The Help* (2011), Fi1m 66, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)
- *The Good German* (2006), Fi1m 53, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-german.md)
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), Fi1m 85, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *Road to Perdition* (2002), Fi1m 77, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/road-to-perdition.md)
- *In the Bedroom* (2001), Fi1m 84, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-bedroom.md)
- *Erin Brockovich* (2000), Fi1m 78, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/erin-brockovich.md)
- *American Beauty* (1999), Fi1m 76, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/american-beauty.md)
- *The Green Mile* (1999), Fi1m 73, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-green-mile.md)
- *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), Fi1m 84, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md)
- *Fried Green Tomatoes* (1991), Fi1m 75, Music Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/fried-green-tomatoes.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Addams Family* (1991), Fi1m 77, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2025), Music Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon.md)
- *Don't Worry Darling* (2022), Music Editor
- *Tolkien* (2019), Music Editor
- *Passengers* (2016), Music Editor
- *Spectre* (2015), Music Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/spectre.md)
- *Bridge of Spies* (2015), Music Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/bridge-of-spies.md)
- *Get On Up* (2014), Music Editor
- *Saving Mr. Banks* (2013), Supervising Music Editor
- *Side Effects* (2013), Music Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md)
- *The Help* (2011), Music Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)
- *The Adjustment Bureau* (2011), Music Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adjustment-bureau.md)
- *The Debt* (2010), Music Editor
- *Brothers* (2009), Music Editor
- *Revolutionary Road* (2008), Music Editor
- *The Good German* (2006), Music Editor — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-german.md)
- *Little Children* (2006), Music Editor
- *Jarhead* (2005), Music Editor
- *Cinderella Man* (2005), Music Editor
- *Finding Nemo* (2003), Music Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-nemo.md)
- *Road to Perdition* (2002), Music Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/road-to-perdition.md)
- *The Salton Sea* (2002), Music Editor
- *In the Bedroom* (2001), Music Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-bedroom.md)
- *Pay It Forward* (2000), Music Editor
- *Erin Brockovich* (2000), Music Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/erin-brockovich.md)
- *The Green Mile* (1999), Music Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-green-mile.md)
- *American Beauty* (1999), Music Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/american-beauty.md)
- *Meet Joe Black* (1998), Music Editor
- *The Horse Whisperer* (1998), Music Editor
- *Mad City* (1997), Music Editor
- *American Buffalo* (1996), Music Editor
- *Phenomenon* (1996), Music Editor
- *Up Close & Personal* (1996), Music Editor
- *How to Make an American Quilt* (1995), Music Editor
- *Little Women* (1994), Music Editor
- *The War* (1994), Music Editor
- *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), Music Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md)
- *The Favor* (1994), Music Editor
- *Threesome* (1994), Music Editor
- *Josh & S.A.M.* (1993), Music Editor
- *Flesh and Bone* (1993), Music Editor
- *Citizen Cohn* (1992), Music Editor
- *Whispers in the Dark* (1992), Music Editor
- *Fried Green Tomatoes* (1991), Music Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/fried-green-tomatoes.md)
- *The Addams Family* (1991), Thanks — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Deceived* (1991), Music Editor
- *The Linguini Incident* (1991), Music Editor
- *Guilty as Charged* (1991), Music Editor
- *Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael* (1990), Music Editor
- *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989), as Testimonial Speaker — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/crimes-and-misdemeanors.md)
- *The Prince of Pennsylvania* (1988), Music Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1989: Technical Achievement (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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