---
name: "Fred Berner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-berner"
fi1m_id: "fred-berner"
imdb_id: "nm0076681"
tmdb_id: 72584
wikidata_id: "Q106411272"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "6 March 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T14:06:09.906000+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 Berner

## Identity

Fred Berner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-berner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fred-berner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0076681
- **TMDB ID:** 72584
- **Wikidata ID:** Q106411272
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Berner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106411272, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72584

Director. Born 6 March 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 6 March 1953
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Also known as:** Frederic Berner 
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Arthur W. Forney](https://film.one/person/arthur-w-forney.md), [Bethany Rooney](https://film.one/person/bethany-rooney.md), [Dick Wolf](https://film.one/person/dick-wolf.md), [Eriq La Salle](https://film.one/person/eriq-la-salle.md), [Gwen Sigan](https://film.one/person/gwen-sigan.md), [Jean de Segonzac](https://film.one/person/jean-de-segonzac.md), [Rick Eid](https://film.one/person/rick-eid.md), [Steve Shill](https://film.one/person/steve-shill.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Berner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106411272, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72584

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Maestro*](https://film.one/film/maestro.md) (72)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Fred Berner is an American producer and director. He founded the New York-based production company Fred Berner Films in 1989, later partnering with Amy Durning.

His feature film producing credits include *Vanya on 42nd Street* (1994), *Pollock* (2000) and *Maestro* (2023). He has also directed and produced numerous television episodes, including work on *Law & Order* (from 1990), *Law & Order: Criminal Intent*, *Chicago Fire*, *Chicago P.D.*, *Chicago Med* and *FBI: Most Wanted*.

Berner received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture as a producer of *Maestro*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Maestro* (2023), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/maestro.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Maestro* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/maestro.md)
- *Law & Order: Organized Crime* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Still Happy* (2019), Director
- *FBI* (2018), series, Director
- *Law & Order True Crime* (2017), series, Director
- *Chicago Justice* (2017), series, Director
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, Director
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, Director
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, Director
- *Handsome Harry* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Speak* (2004), Producer
- *Pollock* (2000), Producer
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, Director
- *Hidden in America* (1996), Producer
- *The Great White Hype* (1996), Producer
- *Vanya on 42nd Street* (1994), Producer
- *Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee* (1994), Producer
- *The Ballad of Little Jo* (1993), Producer
- *Straight Talk* (1992), Producer
- *Without Warning: The James Brady Story* (1991), Producer
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Rising Son* (1990), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Miss Firecracker* (1989), Producer
- *White Hot* (1989), Producer
- *The Gift of Amazing Grace* (1986), Executive Producer
- *Willy/Milly* (1986), Co-Producer
- *Can a Guy Say No?* (1986), Producer
- *Don't Touch* (1985), Producer
- *Summer Switch* (1984), First Assistant Director
- *Blood Bride* (1982), First Assistant Director
- *Student Bodies* (1981), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *The Nesting* (1981), Assistant Director
- *Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure* (1977), Assistant Director
- *Devil's Express* (1976), Production Manager

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2024: Best Picture (nominated), for *Maestro*

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

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