DIRECTOR · FROM PRINCETON, USA

Adam Bernstein

Born 1960 · 66 years old60 credits since 1990

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ABOUT ADAM

Adam Bernstein (born May 7, 1960) is an American film and television director. For his work on the television series Fargo, he was nominated for the 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. In 2007, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for his work on 30 Rock.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born7 May 1960

BirthplacePrinceton, USA

Known forDirecting

On Cineora51 of 60 titles

Known for

The titles people know Adam from.

Series

Breaking Bad

2008–2013IMDb9.5

Series

Better Call Saul

2015–2022IMDb9.0

Series

Fargo

2014–2024IMDb8.8

Series

Shameless

2011–2021IMDb8.5

Series

Orange Is the New Black

2013–2019IMDb8.0

Series

Scrubs

2001–2010IMDb8.4

Series

Silo

2023–IMDb8.1

Series

Californication

2007–2014IMDb8.3

Series

Entourage

2004–2011IMDb8.4

Series

Pluribus

2025–IMDb7.9

Series

The Sinner

2017–2021IMDb7.8

Series

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999–IMDb8.1

Career

IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 51
Average IMDb: 7.6
Highest rated: Breaking BadIMDb 9.5
Working since: 1990

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

60 credits

The 2020s

6 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Series

Big Mistakes

2026–IMDb7.2

Director · 2 episodes

Series

Pluribus

2025–IMDb7.9

Director · 1 episode

Series

Hotel Costiera

2025IMDb6.5

Director · 3 episodes

Series

Before

2024IMDb6.1

Director · Executive Producer · 1 episode

Series

Sugar

2024–IMDb7.4

Director · 2 episodes

Series

Silo

2023–IMDb8.1

Director · 3 episodes

The 2010s

24 titles · IMDb 7.5 on average

Series

City on a Hill

2019–2022IMDb7.6

Director · 1 episode

Series

Fosse/Verdon

2019IMDb7.9

Director · 1 episode

Series

Weird City

2019IMDb6.0

Director · Executive Producer · 6 episodes

Series

Sweetbitter

2018–2019IMDb7.0

Director · 1 episode

Series

The Sinner

2017–2021IMDb7.8

Director · Executive Producer · 4 episodes

Series

The Mist

2017IMDb5.4

Director · 1 episode

Series

Doubt

2017IMDb5.9

Director · 1 episode

Series

Divorce

2016–2019IMDb6.8

Director · 6 episodes

The 2000s

22 titles · IMDb 8.1 on average

Series

Mercy

2009–2010IMDb7.1

Director · 1 episode

Series

Bored to Death

2009–2011IMDb7.8

Director · 5 episodes

Series

Nurse Jackie

2009–2015IMDb7.9

Director · 2 episodes

Series

United States of Tara

2009–2011IMDb8.0

Director · 1 episode

Series

Breaking Bad

2008–2013IMDb9.5

Director · 8 episodes

Series

Californication

2007–2014IMDb8.3

Director · 12 episodes

Not on Cineora

Law Dogs

2007

Director

Series

30 Rock

2006–2013IMDb8.3

Director · 7 episodes

The 1990s

8 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Series

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999–IMDb8.1

Director · 5 episodes

Series

Action

1999IMDb8.2

Director · 1 episode

Movie

Six Ways to Sunday

1999IMDb6.1

Director · Writer · Producer

Not on Cineora

Direct from Brooklyn

1999

Director

Series

1997–2003IMDb8.7

Director · 9 episodes

Movie

It's Pat: The Movie

1994IMDb2.8

Director

Series

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993–1999IMDb8.7

Director · 1 episode

Series

Law & Order

1990–IMDb7.8

Director · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Adam’s titles.

Bryan CranstonBreaking Bad, Sneaky Pete and 1 more

Giancarlo EspositoBreaking Bad, Better Call Saul and 1 more

Bob OdenkirkBreaking Bad, Better Call Saul and 1 more

Vince GilliganCreator · Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and 1 more

Dave PorterComposer · Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and 1 more

Dick WolfCreator · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order and 1 more

Jonathan BanksBreaking Bad and Better Call Saul