Daniel Leonard Bernardi was born on June 16,1964 and is a professor of Cinema at San Francisco State University, founder and President of El Dorado Films and Commander in the United States Navy Reserve.
19 Facts About Daniel Bernardi
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Daniel Bernardi went on to earn a PhD in Film and Television Studies from UCLA and he completed a University of California postdoctoral research fellowship in 1997.
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Daniel Bernardi is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and his current body of work focuses on telling the veteran story.
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In 2019, Professor Daniel Bernardi directed the award-winning documentary The War to End all Wars.
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Daniel Bernardi has taught film, television and new media at UC Riverside, UCLA, Arizona State University, and SFSU.
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Daniel Bernardi was awarded a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, a UC President's Post-Doctoral Fellowship, and a Fulbright Fellowship.
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Daniel Bernardi is an officer in the United States Navy Reserves.
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In Iraq, Daniel Bernardi served with US Special Forces as the Public Affairs Officer for Special Operations Task Force-Central, where he trained Iraqi Special Operations Forces and Emergency Response Brigade Soldiers on combat camera and media operations.
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Daniel Bernardi managed US media embeds, including CNN, NBC and AP, and US Army and US Navy journalists and photographers.
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Daniel Bernardi managed a team of military and NGO photographers, videographers and writers assigned to document and report on the mission.
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In 2012, Daniel Bernardi launched the Veteran Documentary Corps project.
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Daniel Bernardi contributes to the project both as filmmaker and producer, and all the films are made by professional filmmakers including Jesse Moss, Andres Gallegos, Silvia Turchin, Eliciana Nascimento, among others.
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Daniel Bernardi's documentaries have received a wide international reception on the international film festival circuit and won many prizes.
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Daniel Bernardi goes on to examine the representational and narrative functions of race in Star Trek and explores how the meaning of "race" in the science fiction series has been facilitated or constrained by creative and network decision-making, by genre, by intertextuality, and by fans.
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Daniel Bernardi interprets how the changing social and political movements of the times have influenced the production and meaning of "Trek" texts and the ways in which the ongoing series negotiated and reflected these turbulent histories.
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Daniel Bernardi is the producer of both short and feature documentaries for his production company, El Dorado Films, and for the Veteran Documentary Film Corps.
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Daniel Bernardi pursued her dream, becoming an elite member of an all-female Cultural Support Team and served in Afghanistan with US Rangers.
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Daniel Bernardi was killed in action while running to the aid of a fallen Ranger.
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Daniel Bernardi's story is told by her battle buddy, mentor, and sister that have to live with her sacrifice.