---
name: "Fred Berger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-berger"
fi1m_id: "fred-berger"
imdb_id: "nm1757754"
tmdb_id: 1638298
wikidata_id: "Q28531045"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "10 May 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-22T02:52:35.166170+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."
---

# Fred Berger

## Identity

Fred Berger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-berger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fred-berger
- **IMDb ID:** nm1757754
- **TMDB ID:** 1638298
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28531045
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Berger_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28531045, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1757754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1638298

Producer. Born 10 May 1981 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 10 May 1981, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jordan Horowitz](https://film.one/person/jordan-horowitz.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (1), 2020s 67 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 71 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 3, Comedy 2, Music 2, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $861m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Berger_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28531045, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1757754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1638298

## Coming up

- *The Last Druid* (2027-06-24), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*La La Land*](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*Don't Say Good Luck*](https://film.one/film/dont-say-good-luck.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Fred Berger (born 10 May 1981) is an American film producer. He began working in production roles in the late 2000s and received an associate producer credit on the HBO film *Taking Chance* (2009).

Berger is best known for producing *La La Land* (2016), for which he shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture. He became a partner at Automatik Entertainment with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones in 2016; the company later merged with Range Media Partners in 2023, where he serves as Partner and Co-President of Film & Production. His other producing credits include *The Autopsy of Jane Doe* (2016), *Bad Education* (2019) and *A Complete Unknown* (2024), the latter earning him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Don't Say Good Luck* (2026), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dont-say-good-luck.md)
- *Primetime* (2026), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/primetime.md)
- *Black Rabbit* (2025), Fi1m 63, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *A Complete Unknown* (2024), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-complete-unknown.md)
- *Longlegs* (2024), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/longlegs.md)
- *The Bikeriders* (2024), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *La La Land* (2016), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

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

- *The Last Druid* (2027), Producer
- *Primetime* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/primetime.md)
- *Don't Say Good Luck* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/dont-say-good-luck.md)
- *Keeper* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Shell* (2025), Producer
- *Black Rabbit* (2025), series, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md)
- *Follow* (2025), Producer
- *Dangerous Animals* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Monkey* (2025), Executive Producer
- *A Complete Unknown* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/a-complete-unknown.md)
- *The Last Stand of Ellen Cole* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Edge of Sleep* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Long Distance* (2024), Producer
- *Dandelion* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Longlegs* (2024), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/longlegs.md)
- *The Bikeriders* (2024), Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bikeriders.md)
- *Water Rises* (2023), Executive Producer
- *At Midnight* (2023), Producer
- *Kaleidoscope* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Encounter* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Mainstream* (2021), Producer
- *Little Fish* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Outside the Wire* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Shadow in the Cloud* (2021), Producer
- *Mortal* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Gretel & Hansel* (2020), Producer
- *Seberg* (2019), Producer
- *Dreamland* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Honey Boy* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Strange but True* (2019), Producer
- *In the Shadow of the Moon* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Bad Education* (2019), Producer
- *Teen Spirit* (2019), Producer
- *The Hummingbird Project* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Destroyer* (2018), Producer
- *I Think We're Alone Now* (2018), Producer
- *Operation Finale* (2018), Producer
- *Elizabeth Harvest* (2018), Producer
- *The Titan* (2018), Producer
- *The Mountain Between Us* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Autopsy of Jane Doe* (2016), Producer
- *La La Land* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)
- *Road, Movie* (2010), Co-Producer
- *Taking Chance* (2009), Associate Producer
- *The Spiderwick Chronicles* (2008), Production Assistant
- *Fred & Ginger*, Producer
- *Deadlocked*, Producer
- *36 Questions*, Producer
- *Dan and Sam*, Producer
- *Blood Ties*, Producer
- *Triton*, Executive Producer
- *Unforgettable*, Producer
- *Head Games*, Producer
- *Boxman*, Producer
- *Wild Game*, Producer
- *Renegotiate*, Producer
- *Hide and Don't Speak*, Producer
- *Bald Eagles*, Producer
- *The Girl Who Was Plugged In*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Fred Berger, Suzie Riemer, and Max Minghella at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell.](https://film.one/media/person/124683/gallery-0b2ce5067bc7.jpg) Fred Berger, Suzie Riemer, and Max Minghella at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell. — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Fred_Berger%2C_Suzie_Riemer%2C_and_Max_Minghella_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Fred_Berger%2C_Suzie_Riemer%2C_and_Max_Minghella_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fred Berger at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell.](https://film.one/media/person/124683/gallery-193b20221532.jpg) Fred Berger at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell. — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fred Berger](https://film.one/media/person/124683/gallery-afde933d31aa.jpg) Fred Berger — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2.jpg/1280px-Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fred Berger at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell.](https://film.one/media/person/124683/gallery-d3898e89de0e.jpg) Fred Berger at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell. — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Fred Berger](https://film.one/media/person/124683/gallery-c08b4cb0e678.jpg) Fred Berger — Image via TMDB
- ![Fred Berger](https://film.one/media/person/124683/gallery-32bff6f14b88.jpg) Fred Berger — Image via TMDB
- ![Max Minghella and Fred Berger at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell.](https://film.one/media/person/124683/gallery-c3edf75bce95.jpg) Max Minghella and Fred Berger at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie Shell. — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Max_Minghella_and_Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Max_Minghella_and_Fred_Berger_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2025: Best Picture (nominated), for *A Complete Unknown*
- 2017: Best Picture (nominated)

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

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