---
name: "Melissa Bernstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melissa-bernstein"
fi1m_id: "melissa-bernstein"
imdb_id: "nm2214628"
tmdb_id: 1223199
wikidata_id: "Q130689074"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T22:12:26.278237+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."
---

# Melissa Bernstein

## Identity

Melissa Bernstein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/melissa-bernstein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** melissa-bernstein
- **IMDb ID:** nm2214628
- **TMDB ID:** 1223199
- **Wikidata ID:** Q130689074
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130689074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2214628/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223199

Director and producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 2 directing, 3 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Alison Tatlock](https://film.one/person/alison-tatlock.md), [Ariel Levine](https://film.one/person/ariel-levine.md), [Gordon Smith](https://film.one/person/gordon-smith.md), [Rhea Seehorn](https://film.one/person/rhea-seehorn.md), [Vince Gilligan](https://film.one/person/vince-gilligan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 91 (1), 2010s 85 (3), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130689074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2214628/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223199

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Better Call Saul*](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*Pluribus*](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Melissa Bernstein is a producer and director. She began in additional crew roles before becoming a producer on *Breaking Bad* (2008–2013) and serving as executive producer and director on *Better Call Saul* (2015–2022).

Her producing credits include *El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie* (2019) and executive producer roles on *House of the Dragon* (2022–) and other series such as *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014) and *Rectify* (2013). Bernstein directed an episode of the series *Pluribus* (2025). She has won four Primetime Emmy Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *Pluribus* (2025), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)

### Produced (3)

- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *Rectify* (2013), Fi1m 87, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/rectify.md)
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), Fi1m 91, Producer, Co-Producer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *House of the Dragon: Season 3 Special Premiere* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Pluribus* (2025), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie* (2019), Producer
- *Shut Eye* (2016), series, Executive Producer
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *Rectify* (2013), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/rectify.md)
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Executive Producer
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), series, as Student on Bus (uncredited) · Producer, Co-Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Cry Wolf*, series, Executive Producer

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