Norman Berns

Norman Berns is an accomplished producer, director, and production consultant with extensive experience in film and documentary production since 2005 at ProStar Media, LLC. Since 2018, Berns has been producing and directing a notable story about an out-of-work actor who built and successfully ran the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. As a journalist and social media director for Broadcast Beat Magazine since 2015, Berns engages with broadcasting technology and its professionals. Additionally, Berns runs online educational initiatives through ReelGrok and is the owner and moderator of The Budgeting Group, focusing on budgeting in the film industry. A member of the Directors Guild of America since 1985, Berns has also served as an executive producer on projects such as "The Insider" and produced an epic documentary on James Cook, illustrating a diverse and dynamic career in the film industry. Berns holds a BA in Journalism, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.