Leonard Bernstein

Sound

The MovieWise Take

Refining cinematic analysis...

Biography

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant American cultural personalities of the 20th century. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history".

Known For

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Beatles '64

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Great Performances

Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Self (archival footage)

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2024	Beatles '64 MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2024	Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	The Only Girl in the Orchestra MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022	Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2021	Bernstein's Wall MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2018	West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein MOVIE	himself
2018	Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided MOVIE	self
2016	West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic MOVIE	Self
2016	Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life MOVIE	Himself
2013	Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades MOVIE	self
2012	Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius MOVIE	Self - Conductor
2012	Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli MOVIE	Conductor
2010	Bernstein's Mahler MOVIE	Self
2010	Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker MOVIE	Conductor
2009	Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein) MOVIE	Conductor
2009	Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould MOVIE	Self (archival footage)
2008	Bernstein conducts Bernstein MOVIE	Conductor
2008	Bernstein \| Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5 MOVIE	Conductor
2008	Bernstein \| Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7 MOVIE	Conductor
2008	Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein MOVIE	Conductor
2008	Bernstein \| Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9 MOVIE	Self
2008	Karajan: Beauty As I See It MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2008	Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 MOVIE	Conductor
2008	Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture MOVIE	Conductor
2007	Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2 MOVIE	Himself
2007	Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann MOVIE	Self - Conductor
2007	Rostropovich Life & Art MOVIE	Self - Conductor
2007	Mozart: Requiem MOVIE	Self - conductor
2007	Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 MOVIE	Himself
2006	Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate MOVIE	Conductor
2006	Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem MOVIE	Conductor
2006	Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem MOVIE	Conductor
2006	Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts MOVIE	Self
2005	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde MOVIE	Conductor
2004	20th Century Greats TV	Self (archive footage)
1998	Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note MOVIE	(archival footage)
1993	Glenn Gould: Extasis MOVIE	Self (archival footage)
1993	The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1992	Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky MOVIE	Self
1992	Bernstein in Japan MOVIE	Self - Conductor
1991	Candide MOVIE	Commentator
1991	Debussy, Images pour orchestre MOVIE	dirigent
1989	Ode to Freedom MOVIE	Self / Conductor
1989	Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide MOVIE	Self - Conductor
1989	Clive James' Postcard from TV	Self
1988	Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal MOVIE	Self
1985	The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein MOVIE	Self
1985	Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor MOVIE	Self
1985	Tanglewood: A Place for Music MOVIE	Self
1985	The Making Of West Side Story MOVIE	Self / Conductor
1985	Night of 100 Stars II MOVIE	Self
1984	Brahms The Piano Concertos MOVIE	Conductor
1984	Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli MOVIE	dirigent
1984	Bernstein Brahms Symphonies MOVIE	Himself
1983	The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala MOVIE	Self - Conductor
1982	Bernstein/Beethoven TV	Self
1979	Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was… MOVIE	Himself
1978	The Kennedy Center Honors TV	Self
1978	Bernstein Beethoven Overtures MOVIE	Conductor
1978	Beethoven Fidelio MOVIE	Conductor
1978	Leonard Bernstein: Reflections MOVIE	Self
1977	Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach MOVIE	dirigent
1977	Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2 MOVIE	Self / Conductor
1976	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 MOVIE	Conductor
1976	Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal MOVIE	Self - Conductor
1976	The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology MOVIE	Himself
1976	The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax MOVIE	Himself
1976	The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics MOVIE	Himself
1976	The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity MOVIE	Himself
1976	The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis MOVIE	Himself
1976	The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth MOVIE	Himself
1976	The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein TV	Presenter
1976	Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives MOVIE	Himself
1975	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 MOVIE	Self
1975	Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5 MOVIE	Self - Conductor
1973	Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral MOVIE	Self
1973	Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 MOVIE	Self - Conductor
1972	Le Grand Échiquier TV	Self
1972	Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction MOVIE	Self (conductor and commentator)
1971	Great Performances TV	Self
1970	Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein MOVIE	Self / Narrator
1970	Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major MOVIE	Self / Conductor / Pianist
1970	Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony MOVIE	Self / Conductor
1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1969	Das Sonntagskonzert TV	Self
1967	Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution MOVIE	Self
1967	Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution TV	Self
1966	Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti MOVIE	Self - Interviewee
1960	The Creative Performer MOVIE	Self
1958	New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts TV	Self
1957	Satchmo the Great MOVIE	Self
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Recipient
1952	Omnibus TV	Self
1948	The Ed Sullivan Show TV	Self
1948	Bambi TV	Self
	Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music MOVIE	Self
	Bernstein \| Mahler Lieder MOVIE	Self
	Mahler Symphony no. 3: Bernstein MOVIE	Director
	Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde MOVIE	Self (conductor)
	Joseph Haydn : Die Schopfung - Leonard Bernstein MOVIE	Self
	What Makes Music Symphonic? (Young People's Concert No. 4) TV	Self

Quick Facts

Leonard Bernstein

The MovieWise Take

Biography

Known For

Full Filmography

Cinema in your inbox.