MJ Bernier

@ohmjbernier

DGA Director / UPM & Producer based in NYC 🎬💘
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Baby’s first Director Deadline Announcement!! 💌 This moment is a happy moment. Farther Along makes its World Premiere at Dances with Films, Saturday 1/17/2025 at 12:35pm. Regal Union Square, NYC Ticket link in bio! I co-directed this pilot with @grrremily story wrote it with @grrremily and writer @blairpeyton and produced it with @miarosekavensky 🧿 This work means so much to me it’s impossible to put into words. 🧿 All my deepest love to this incredible cast and crew who are tagged! Hire them all! They are the best of the best! 💌
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5 months ago
Check out this stunner press release for JACKRABBIT which I co-produced and production managed this past Spring. And Blessed Be to wrapping my very first DGA production 🐇 to the first of very many! Worked alongside so many talented cast and crew on this one and was astounded by their grace while defying much odds and logic (as is making indie film) Thankful for all the new friends and collaborators I met who I now get to cherish and to the old bonds that grew stronger. 🐇
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Please join ⭐️ @rolling_on_a_river and writer/director @stillmanmeyer for @sottovocefilm West Coast Premiere at the @thebhfilmfest on Wednesday April 15th, 8:35pm. Chinese Theatre!! 🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️ Get your tickets here ! /film/sotto-voce/
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1 month ago
Returning to IG to share the teaser we had made back in October 2025! Mayellen, recently divorced and feeling lost, must pack up her late grandmother's beach cottage for sale. When a neighbor with dementia bring up old memories, Mayellen has no choice but to confront her grief directly. Written by Anna Clare Kerr Directed by Sierra Schnack Starring Anna Clare Kerr, Conor Sweeney, Kathryn Graham Howard Produced by MJ Bernier, & JJ Maley Executive Produced by Anna Clare Kerr Director of Photography: Emu Haynes Editor: Audrey Leach Sound Designer & Composer: Will Kurzner Unit Production Manager: MJ Bernier First Assistant Director: Hollye Swinehart First Assistant Camera: Joseph Scott Gaffer: Farhan Kamdar Key Grip: Larissa Salazar Sound Recordist: Spencer Emanuel Production Coordinator: Karen Madacsi Hair and Makeup Artist: Kadaejah Muhammad Production Assistant: Calvin Bemis Gear Rental: Ian Aric, Robert Douthat Sound Mixer: Vinny Alfano Color Services by Company3 Colorist- Dustin Wadsworth Color Producer- Casey Koster VFX: Mok Graphic Designer: Maddy Cristall “Doctor” by Gawain and the Green Knight © 2018 Gawain and the Green Knight ℗ 2018 Gawain and the Green Knight
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1 month ago
Farther Along premiered at the incredible @danceswithfilms to a sold out theatre and people standing to see our work. I can’t begin to tell you how much this means to me. I don’t talk too much about my decision to switch to a focus on scripted film and television after having my second son because it still sort of scares me that I did that at 37 years old. I am really proud that just a couple years later I co-directed, for the first time, a narrative pilot with people who I think of more as family now than colleagues. A show I hope to share with the world one day that I am so proud to have storywrote and produced as well. @blairpeyton thank you for trusting me with your baby which become our baby. I am so impressed with you every second of every day! @grrremily thanks for saying yes when I asked you to direct this together, I am in awe of your talent. @miarosekavensky I can’t wait to keep making work with you, Violet. You’re a star! Every cast and crew member, I really mean it when I say thank you so much. I can’t wait to do this again with you all. Buy our pilot about queer joy and grief and family and the American South and religion and friendship!! Also, my mom came and Joshy wore a suit 🥺 All the little lights in the darkness! 🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿
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3 months ago
Still riding the high from our world premiere at @danceswithfilms . A SOLD OUT, standing room only crowd, lots of love in the room, and the best energy from fellow filmmakers. Couldn’t be more grateful for our cast, crew, and everyone who showed up for Farther Along.
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3 months ago
It’s next week! World Premiere at @danceswithfilms (Pilots, Block 5) 🎉 Saturday, 1/17 at 12:45 PM @regalunionsquare Get your presale tickets. Link in bio 🎟️ Farther Along is a proof of concept for a half hour LGBTQ+ comedy series about a devil may care pastor (Succession’s Peter Friedman) and his tightly wound gay son (Two Dimes’ @blairpeyton ) navigating life after loss. The short also stars @clarajwong (Billions), @natoniamonet (The Other Two), and @miarosekavensky (Meet Cute in Manhattan). Can’t wait to share this one with you 💙
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4 months ago
Asking Peter Friedman what to expect on the orange carpet at DWF:NY 🎬 Come see Farther Along at its World Premiere. @danceswithfilms Pilots, Block 5 Saturday 1/17 at 12:45 PM @regalunionsquare 🎟️ Tickets in bio
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4 months ago
Blair talks about MJ Bernier’s recommendation to hire an editor during post production to avoid similarities to a certain cult classic. Come see Farther Along at its World Premiere. @danceswithfilms Pilots, Block 5 Saturday 1/17 at 12:45 PM @regalunionsquare 🎟️ Tickets in bio #theroom #fartheralong #indieproject
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4 months ago
New poster? Why, yes! Huge thanks to @studioallioli for this amazing design. Doesn’t this make you want to see the World Premiere of Farther Along 👀🎬 Pilots, Block 5 Saturday 1/17 at 12:45 PM @danceswithfilms @regalunionsquare 🎟️ Tickets in bio
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4 months ago
Feeling incredibly grateful this Christmas. Farther Along is making its World Premiere at Dances With Films and we cannot wait to share it with you ❤️🎬🎄 Pilots, Block 5 Saturday 1/17 at 12:45 PM @regalunionsquare 🎟️ Link in bio
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