Daniel L. Bernardi

Daniel Bernardi is a documentary filmmaker, cultural studies scholar and veteran of the Iraq War. His research explores the representation of race in American film and television, and includes the award-winning book "Star Trek and History: Race-ing Toward a White Future." His 2018 film, "The American War," tells the story of the Vietnam War from the point of view of the Vietcong. His other films, including "The War to End all Wars... and its American Veterans," explore a wide range of subjects, from the diversity of the veteran experience to the role of science in the lives of today's citizenry. He earned his doctorate from the School of Theatre, Film & Television at UCLA.

Crew

Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

Writer, Producer, Director

Samuel Wilder King: Fighting for Statehood

Writer, Executive Producer

John Henry Balch: Congressional Medal of Honor

Writer, Executive Producer

Adele Shimanoff: U.S. Marine

Producer

Objector

Producer

Fighter Pilots of Vietnam

Producer

Vincent Faulls: A Collection of My Father

Producer, Writer

Ralph Rush: Concentration Camp Liberator

Director

Bataan Death March

Writer, Producer

Remembering Port Chicago

Producer

Merchant Marine Paul Goercke and the Alexander Hamilton Post

Producer

Ralph Parr: Fighter Ace of the Twentieth Century

Writer, Producer

Rudy Hernandez: Congressional Medal of Honor

Producer, Writer

John Stevens: Storming the Beach

Producer

Tim Kochis: Purple Heart

Director, Writer

Frank Maselskis: From WWII POW to Chosin Reservoir Survivor

Producer, Writer

John Baumhackl: Chemical Memories

Producer

Buck Southworth: U.S. Air Force Flight Crew

Writer, Director, Producer

Leo Patrick McArdle: Veterans Helping Veterans

Executive Producer

Noble Sissle Jr.: Am I Still Going to Vietnam?

Director, Writer

Jack Ensch: Hanoi Hilton POW

Director, Writer

Cpl. Richard Carlson: A Brother's Loss

Producer

Jack Lyon: Veterans Serving Veterans

Producer

Immigrant Service: Focus on Jesus Duran

Writer, Producer

Giorgio Mattia: From Kosovo to Iraq

Producer

Casey Conklin: Ranger Battalion

Producer

Michael Blackwell: Combat Camera

Additional Photography, Executive Producer, Writer, Director

PFC Benjamin Tollefson: A Mom's Loss

Producer

Pam Roark: Iraq War Nurse

Producer, Writer

The Chaplain: MAJ Brenda Threatt

Producer, Writer

The Sioux: From Red Cloud to Wounded Knee

Producer

Black Women and World War II: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

Producer, Writer

Baptiste Garnier and the Indian Wars

Producer

Bobby Hollingsworth: Army CID

Producer

Julie Mendez - from PTSD to Art

Producer

Joel Hunt: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Producer

Scott Castle: Battle of Fallujah

Writer, Producer

Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy

Producer

Zoe Dunning: Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Producer

Jackie Speier: Sexual Assault in the Military

Producer

Tiffany McKinley: Sailor

Writer, Producer

Alene B. Duerk: The First Woman Admiral

Writer, Producer

Lt. Cmdr. Che Barnes: Fallen Brother

Executive Producer

John Heroux: Gulf War Fighter Pilot

Producer

Carson Bigbee: The Pirate of America's Pastime

Producer

Do Ask, Do Tell: The Linda Campbell Story

Producer

Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera

Executive Producer

Ruiz

Writer, Producer

Decoding Jean: Secrets of WWII

Producer

The American War

Director, Producer

Triumph Over Prejudice: The Montford Point Marines

Producer, Director

Ultimate Sacrifices: CPT. Jennifer Moreno

Writer, Director, Producer

Time for Change: Kathy Bruyere

Writer, Director, Producer

Navigator: Lt. Col. Ken Murray

Director, Writer

Major Raoul Lufbery: Fighter Ace

Executive Producer

Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?

Executive Producer, Writer

Madame Mars: Women and the Quest for Worlds Beyond

Producer

The Gunnery: A Montford Point Marine

Producer

Richard Hank Sciaroni: Shot Down

Executive Producer

Aldo Giannini: Pacific Theatre

Executive Producer

Nisei Soldiers: Japanese American G.I. Joes

Executive Producer

David Gan: the Front Lines

Executive Producer

Ionosphere: Dr. Eliana Nossa

Director, Producer

Solar Weather: Dr. Alessandra Pacini

Director, Producer

Near Earth Asteroids: Dr. Anne Virkki

Director, Producer

Fighting Fred Funston

Executive Producer

Buffalo Soldiers, Victorio and Manifest Destiny

Writer, Executive Producer

Pride of the Buffalo Soldier

Producer, Writer

Admiral Chester Nimitz

Executive Producer

The War to End all Wars... and its American Veterans

Director, Producer, Writer

The Forgotten War

Producer, Director, Writer

Rory Fanning: From Ranger to Resister

Executive Producer

Foghorn: Child Actor, Veteran, Friend

Writer, Producer

Who is Weary Willie?

Producer, Writer

Tian Soepangat: Muslim Sailor

Producer

From Mexico to Vietnam: A Chicano Story

Writer, Producer

Gianmarco Bellini: Gulf War POW

Executive Producer

Generations of Service: The LaShaunda Jackson Story

Producer, Sound Recordist

The Jock: A Montford Point Marine

Producer, Writer, Director

The Singer: A Montford Point Marine

Producer, Writer

You Don't Know Jack: A Montford Point Marine

Additional Sound Re-Recordist, Writer, Director

The Architect: A Montford Point Marine

Producer, Director, Writer

Conte: Transitioning Politics

Director, Producer

Buffalo Soldiers: George Jordan and the Indian Wars

Writer, Producer

Velda: A Mom's Story of Suicide

Co-Writer, Producer

In Honor of Adrianna: A Warrior's Love Story

Producer, Writer

Hope: In the Aftermath of War

Director, Writer, Producer

Resilience: The Kim LeBel Story

Director, Writer, Producer