Bill Berner Biography

is in his fifth season with the Festival. N.J.S.F. credits: DARK OF THE MOON directed by Jimmy Bohr, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL directed by Paul Mullins, ROMEO AND JULIET directed by Bonnie J. Monte and TWELFTH NIGHT directed by Joe Discher. Bill is a four-time Emmy Award-winning designer. His most recent Emmy was for the P.B.S. educational series BETWEEN THE LIONS. He previously received Emmys for his designs for SESAME STREET. As a television director, Bill has worked on BETWEEN THE LIONS for P.B.S., OUT OF THE BOX for the Disney Channel, CRANK YANKERS and T.V. FUNHOUSE for Comedy Central. Other television lighting design credits: COSBY and THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on C.B.S.; OUT OF THE BOX on The Disney Channel, PET PSYCHIC on Animal Planet, M.T.V., TIMES SQUARE PRODUCTION FACILITY, as well as the original MSNBC NEWS ROOM.