Molly Bernstein

Molly Bernstein is filmmaker/editor with a long-standing and passionate interest in the craft of storytelling and the history of world cinema. She has worked in the documentary field as a director, producer and editor.

Bernstein has explored fictional narrative filmmaking extensively through documentary work she made about movies and directors (for Sundance Channel, AMC and The Criterion Collection). She learned the craft of editing by assisting on feature films by directors like Martin Scorsese, Arthur Penn, Melvin Van Peebles, Julie Dash and Allison Anders.

Career Highlights Include: 

• "Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse," Director, Editor. Feature documentary about the groundbreaking creator of the graphic novel "MAUS," broadcasting on PBS American Masters in 2025.
• "Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay," Producer, Director, Editor. Feature documentary. Kino Lorber.
• "An Art that Nature Makes: The Photography of Rosamond Purcell," Director, Editor. Feature documentary. Film Movement.
• "The Show's The Thing: The Legendary Promoters of Rock," Producer, Director, Editor. Feature documentry. Sky Arts.
• "Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb," Editor. Feature documentary. Sony Pictures Classics.