Paula Bernstein

Paula Bernstein is an accomplished writer, author, journalist, and filmmaker.

As a writer at Mark Allen & Co., Bernstein creates thought leadership content for a diverse range of clients. She is a regular contributor to Produced By, the Producers Guild of America’s magazine, where she covers the business and craft of producing.

Bernstein is the author of 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 co-author of Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited (Random House, 2007). 

As a filmmaker, Bernstein produced and directed the short, independent documentaries Mall Town (2025) and Sole Doctor (2018).

Earlier in her career, she served as a reporter at Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, an editor at IndieWire, and a contributor to NoFilmSchool, Fast Company, Fortune, and Filmmaker Magazine.

Bernstein holds a B.A. from Wellesley College and an M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University. She lives in Portland, Oregon.