---
name: "Nan Bernstein Freed"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nan-bernstein-freed"
fi1m_id: "nan-bernstein-freed"
imdb_id: "nm0076987"
tmdb_id: 1236254
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:07:51.918085+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."
---

# Nan Bernstein Freed

## Identity

Nan Bernstein Freed

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nan-bernstein-freed
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nan-bernstein-freed
- **IMDb ID:** nm0076987
- **TMDB ID:** 1236254
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236254

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2006–2014
- **Also known as:** Nan L. Bernstein
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Berg](https://film.one/person/peter-berg.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 87 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236254

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Leftovers*](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md) (87)
- **Paramount+:** [*Friday Night Lights*](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Nan Bernstein Freed is a producer and production manager whose credits span feature films and television series. She began in production roles in the early 1980s, working as a location manager and production coordinator before advancing to unit production manager on films including *Conspiracy Theory* (1997), *In Dreams* (1999) and *The Family Man* (2000).

She later served as producer on several television series, notably *Friday Night Lights* (2006–2011), for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. Other producing credits include *Hack* (2002–2003), *Prime Suspect* (2011–2012), *The Leftovers* (2014), *Dirty John* (2018–2020) and *Physical* (2021). She has also worked as a co-executive producer on later projects such as *Waco: The Aftermath* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com, austinchronicle.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Leftovers* (2014), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Physical* (2021), series, Producer
- *Dirty John* (2018), series, Producer
- *The Leftovers* (2014), series, Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *Prime Suspect* (2011), series, Producer
- *Take Me Home* (2011), Thanks
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), series, Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Hack* (2002), series, Producer
- *The Family Man* (2000), Unit Production Manager
- *In Dreams* (1999), Unit Production Manager
- *Conspiracy Theory* (1997), Unit Production Manager
- *Faithful* (1996), Line Producer
- *The Soldier* (1982), Location Manager
- *People vs. Jean Harris* (1981), Production Coordinator
- *Stoned* (1980), Unit Manager

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/nan-bernstein-freed