Paula Bernstein

Paula Bernstein is a writer, author, journalist, and filmmaker. She is producing and directing Mall Town, a short documentary about the past and future of Lloyd Center, a historic mall on the verge of closing in Portland, Oregon.

Her books include How to Be Golden: Lessons We Can Learn From Betty White (Running Press, 2021) and Love is All Around And Other Lessons We've Learned from The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Running Press, 2020). She is also the co-author of Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited (Random House, 2007). 

A former staff reporter at Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, Bernstein was previously an editor at IndieWire, and a regular contributor to NoFilmSchool, Fast Company, Fortune, and Filmmaker Magazine. A graduate of Wellesley College, Bernstein received her M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University.