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Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the U.S. to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."
Birth Name
Louis Eliezer Bernstein
Born
Sunday, 25 August 1918
Died
Sunday, 14 October 1990
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Self - Conductor / Self (Archive Footage) | 2022 |
| Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self | 2022 |
| Bernstein's Wall | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2021 |
| Pretend It's a City | Self | 2021 |
| By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem | Self | 2020 |
| Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided | self | 2018 |
| Sunday Today with Willie Geist | Self | 2016 |
| The Eighties | Self | 2016 |
| Duels | Self | 2014 |
| Leonard Bernstein: Reflections | Self | 2009 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Self - Conductor / Self (Archive Footage) | 2022 |
| Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self | 2022 |
| Bernstein's Wall | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2021 |
| Pretend It's a City | Self | 2021 |
| By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem | Self | 2020 |
| Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided | self | 2018 |
| Sunday Today with Willie Geist | Self | 2016 |
| The Eighties | Self | 2016 |
| Duels | Self | 2014 |
| Leonard Bernstein: Reflections | Self | 2009 |
| Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | Self (archival footage) | 2009 |
| Herbert von Karajan 1908-1989 | Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 | Himself | 2007 |
| Secrets of New York | Self | 2005 |
| Life and Times | Self | 1996 |
| The Art of Dissent | Self | 1994 |
| Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening | Self | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Karsh: The Searching Eye | Self | 1986 |
| Haydn: Die Schöpfung | Self - Conductor | 1986 |
| The Making of 'West Side Story' | Self - Conductor | 1985 |
| Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985 |
| Bernstein on Mahler | Self - Narrator / Conductor | 1985 |
| The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala | Self / Conductor | 1983 |
| Bernstein/Beethoven | Himself | 1982 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Honoree | 1980 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Presenter: Aaron Copland | 1979 |
| Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… | Himself | 1979 |
| 20/20 | Self / Self - Resident of the Dakota | 1978 |
| The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
| Live from Lincoln Center | Self | 1976 |
| The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard | Self - Commentator and Conductor / Self - Conductor and Commentator | 1976 |
| Tomorrow Coast to Coast | Self | 1973 |
| Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
| Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde | Self (conductor and commentator) | 1971 |
| Bernstein on Beethoven: A Celebration in Vienna | Self / Narrator | 1970 |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self | 1970 |
| A Journey to Jerusalem | Self | 1968 |
| 60 Minutes | Himself (segment "The Entertainers") (archive footage) / Himself (archive footage) | 1968 |
| Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Japan | Self - Commentator and Conductor | 1962 |
| Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Berlin | Self - Commentator and Conductor | 1960 |
| Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Moscow | Self - Commentator and Conductor | 1959 |
| Startime | Self | 1959 |
| Monitor | Self | 1958 |
| New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts | Self - Commentator and Conductor / Self - Conductor and Commentator | 1958 |
| Satchmo the Great | Self - Leonard Bernstein - Orchestra Leader | 1957 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| Omnibus | Self / Self - Conductor (segment "Messiah") / Self - Conductor (segment "The Art of Conducting") / Self - Conductor (segment) / Self - Conductor and Commentator (segment "Introduction to Modern Music") / Self - Conductor and Commentator / Self - Musician (segment "The Jazz World") / Self - Musician (segment) / Self (segment "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony") | 1952 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1987 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Classical Music/Dance Programming - Performing | Won |
| 1985 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated |
| 1984 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated |
| 1982 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Nominated |
| 1976 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Music Program | Won |
| 1975 | Emmy | Outstanding Classical Music Program | Nominated |
| 1972 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Classical Music | Won |
| 1965 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Actors and Performers | Won |
| 1961 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Music for Television | Won |
| 1958 | Emmy | Best Musical Contribution for Television | Won |
| 1957 | Emmy | Best Musical Contribution for Television | Won |
| 1955 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |
