---
name: "John Peter Bernardo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-peter-bernardo"
fi1m_id: "john-peter-bernardo"
imdb_id: "nm0076515"
tmdb_id: 2024364
wikidata_id: "Q18492711"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "5 December 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T01:56:42.000149+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."
---

# John Peter Bernardo

## Identity

John Peter Bernardo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-peter-bernardo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-peter-bernardo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0076515
- **TMDB ID:** 2024364
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18492711
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18492711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2024364

Editor. Born 5 December 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 5 December 1966, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** J.P. Bernardo, J.P. "Charlie" Bernardo, J.P. "Brendan" Bernardo
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Horror 1, Music 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $534m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18492711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2024364

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Community*](https://film.one/tv/community.md) (83)
- **Disney+:** [*Firefly*](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md) (83)

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

## Biography

John Peter Bernardo is an American film and television editor. He was born on 5 December 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He began his career in the 1990s with art department and assistant editor roles on films including *Cast Away* (2000) and *What Lies Beneath* (2000). Bernardo worked on the series *Firefly* (2002) as assistant editor and editor. He later edited episodes of *Warehouse 13* (2009–2013), *Community* (2009–2015), *Nikita* (2010–2011), *Terra Nova* (2011), *Tulsa King* (2022) and other series.

Bernardo received an ACE Eddie Award for his editing on the sitcom *Black-ish*.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Community* (2009), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *8 Mile* (2002), Fi1m 74, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/8-mile.md)
- *Firefly* (2002), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md)
- *What Lies Beneath* (2000), Fi1m 63, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *The Big Cigar* (2024), series, Editor
- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, Editor
- *Outer Range* (2022), series, Editor
- *Deadly Class* (2019), series, Editor
- *Me, Myself & I* (2017), series, Editor
- *I'm Sorry* (2017), series, Editor
- *Claws* (2017), series, Editor
- *black-ish* (2014), series, Editor
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2012), series, Editor
- *Terra Nova* (2011), series, Editor
- *Nikita* (2010), series, Editor
- *Eastwick* (2009), series, Editor
- *Community* (2009), series, Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *Warehouse 13* (2009), series, Editor
- *The Ruins* (2008), Associate Editor
- *Standoff* (2006), series, Editor
- *Blade: The Series* (2006), series, Editor
- *Serenity* (2005), Visual Effects Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/serenity.md)
- *8 Mile* (2002), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/8-mile.md)
- *Firefly* (2002), series, Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md)
- *Clockstoppers* (2002), Assistant Editor
- *What Lies Beneath* (2000), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md)
- *A Season for Miracles* (1999), Assistant Editor
- *Roswell* (1999), series, Assistant Editor
- *The Net* (1998), series, Editor
- *Northern Lights* (1998), Assistant Editor
- *Dead Man's Island* (1996), Assistant Editor
- *The Invaders* (1995), series, Assistant Editor

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