Leonard Bernstein
Sound • Born 1918-08-25 – Died 1990-10-14
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".
Filmography
99 credits
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
Movie • 1967
Self
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
Movie • 1984
dirigent
West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein
Movie • 2018
himself
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
Movie • 1976
Himself
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
Movie • 1976
Himself
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
Movie • 1976
Himself
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
Movie • 1976
Himself
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
Movie • 1976
Himself
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
Movie • 1976
Himself
The Making Of West Side Story
Movie • 1985
Self / Conductor
Leonard Bernstein: Reflections
Movie • 1978
Self
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
Movie • 1977
dirigent
Debussy, Images pour orchestre
Movie • 1991
dirigent
Satchmo the Great
Movie • 1957
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
Movie • 1976
Himself
Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music
Movie
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
Movie • 1979
Himself
The Creative Performer
Movie • 1960
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
Movie • 1998
(archival footage)
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Movie • 1989
Self - Conductor
Mozart: Requiem
Movie • 2007
Self - conductor
Tanglewood: A Place for Music
Movie • 1985
Self
Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor
Movie • 1985
Self
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Bernstein | Mahler Lieder
Movie
Beethoven Fidelio
Movie • 1978
Conductor
Mahler Symphony no. 3: Bernstein
Movie
Director
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
Movie • 2016
Self
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
Movie • 1966
Self - Interviewee
Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky
Movie • 1992
Candide
Movie • 1991
Commentator
Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts
Movie • 2006
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9
Movie • 2008
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
Movie • 2007
Himself
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
Movie • 2007
Himself
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
Movie • 1984
Himself
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
Movie • 2006
Conductor
Rostropovich Life & Art
Movie • 2007
Self - Conductor
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
Movie • 1976
Conductor
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Movie • 1976
Self - Conductor
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Movie • 1973
Self - Conductor
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
Movie • 2005
Conductor
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Movie • 1983
Self - Conductor
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Movie • 1975
Self
Brahms The Piano Concertos
Movie • 1984
Conductor
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
Movie • 1985
Self
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
Movie • 1975
Self - Conductor
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
Movie • 1978
Conductor
Ode to Freedom
Movie • 1989
Self / Conductor
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Movie • 1970
Self / Narrator
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
Movie • 1970
Self / Conductor
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
Movie • 1977
Self / Conductor
Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major
Movie • 1970
Self / Conductor / Pianist
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie • 1970
Self (archive footage)
Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life
Movie • 2016
Himself
Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann
Movie • 2007
Self - Conductor
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Movie • 2009
Self (archival footage)
Glenn Gould: Extasis
Movie • 1993
Self (archival footage)
Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal
Movie • 1988
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
Movie • 1972
Self (conductor and commentator)
Bernstein's Wall
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided
Movie • 2018
self
Beatles '64
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades
Movie • 2013
self
Bernstein in Japan
Movie • 1992
Self - Conductor
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius
Movie • 2012
Self - Conductor
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
Movie • 2008
Conductor
Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli
Movie • 2012
Conductor
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
Movie • 2010
Conductor
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
Movie • 2008
Conductor
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
Movie • 2008
Conductor
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
Movie • 2008
Conductor
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
Movie • 2006
Conductor
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
Movie • 2008
Conductor
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
Movie • 2009
Conductor
Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1
Movie • 2008
Conductor
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
Movie • 1973
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
Movie • 2006
Conductor
Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
Movie
Self (conductor)
Bernstein's Mahler
Movie • 2010
Omnibus
TV • 1952
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
What Makes Music Symphonic? (Young People's Concert No. 4)
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
TV • 1958
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
TV • 1976
Presenter
20th Century Greats
TV • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
TV • 1967
Self
Das Sonntagskonzert
TV • 1969
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Clive James' Postcard from
TV • 1989
Self
Bernstein/Beethoven
TV • 1982
Self