Jami Bernard
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Jami Bernard is an author
and media consultant, an award-winning film critic for The New York Post and The New York Daily News, and the founder of Barncat Publishing http://www.barncatpublishing.com. She has appeared in documentaries as herself, including the Independent Film Channel
's Indie Sex series http://www.ifc.com/indiesex/, on which she was a consultant. Bernard wrote a Lois Lane comic for DC Comics
in which Lois is based on Bernard's early career at The New York Post http://secretfilesorigins.blogspot.com/2005/12/superman-secret-files-2005.html. Bernard is a frequent guest on TV and radio shows; appearances include on Oprah
, The Today Show, and Lynn Samuels
on Satellite Radio
. Her work has been published in numerous magazines, including Entertainment Weekly
, Seventeen, Glamour, and Self.
. She was raised in Jackson Heights
, Queens
, New York
. Her paternal grandfather took the name Bernard while passing through England en route to the United States; it is unclear what his original surname was or what country he came from in Eastern Europe. Her father, Sam Bernard, studied woodcarving briefly under the tutelage of Chaim Gross, who volunteered to teach art to underprivileged youth.
in 1978 and was editor of "The Barnard Bulletin."
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1020031/bio. In 2008, she founded Barncat Publishing http://www.barncatpublishing.com, where she coaches writers and helps them finish their books and book proposals.
Jami Bernard appears in the 2009 documentary film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
via a homemade comic video showing her life at home playing with her cat and being self-employed after being removed as film critic for the New York Daily News.
and a breast cancer advocate and keynote speaker who wrote a book about her experience—Breast Cancer: There and Back—and writes a regular column for MAMM magazine, the magazine for women with cancer http://www.jamibernard.com/mamm_index.html.
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and media consultant, an award-winning film critic for The New York Post and The New York Daily News, and the founder of Barncat Publishing http://www.barncatpublishing.com. She has appeared in documentaries as herself, including the Independent Film Channel
Independent Film Channel
The Independent Film Channel is an American cable TV network that airs independent film and related programming. IFC programming includes commercially interrupted feature-length films, original documentaries, shorts, animated series, original series, acquired series, and content exclusively for...
's Indie Sex series http://www.ifc.com/indiesex/, on which she was a consultant. Bernard wrote a Lois Lane comic for DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
in which Lois is based on Bernard's early career at The New York Post http://secretfilesorigins.blogspot.com/2005/12/superman-secret-files-2005.html. Bernard is a frequent guest on TV and radio shows; appearances include on Oprah
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
, The Today Show, and Lynn Samuels
Lynn Samuels
Lynn Margaret Samuels is an American radio personality based in New York City who currently hosts a weekend talk show on Sirius XM Stars channel 107.-External links:****...
on Satellite Radio
Satellite radio
Satellite radio is an analogue or digital radio signal that is relayed through one or more satellites and thus can be received in a much wider geographical area than terrestrial FM radio stations...
. Her work has been published in numerous magazines, including Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
, Seventeen, Glamour, and Self.
Family
Bernard's maternal grandparents were from Białystok, PolandPoland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. She was raised in Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights, Queens
Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the Northwestern portion of the borough of Queens in New York, New York, United States. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 3...
, Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Her paternal grandfather took the name Bernard while passing through England en route to the United States; it is unclear what his original surname was or what country he came from in Eastern Europe. Her father, Sam Bernard, studied woodcarving briefly under the tutelage of Chaim Gross, who volunteered to teach art to underprivileged youth.
Education
Bernard attended Newtown High School and was editor of "The Tower," the school newspaper. She graduated from Barnard CollegeBarnard College
Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
in 1978 and was editor of "The Barnard Bulletin."
Books
Bernard has written eight books, including The Incredible Shrinking Critic, Chick Flicks, Total Exposure, First Films, Quentin Tarantino: The Man and His Movies, and Breast Cancer: There and Back.Career
Bernard is a member and former chair of the New York Film Critics Circle and a member of the National Society of Film CriticsNational Society of Film Critics
The National Society of Film Critics is an American film critic organization. As of December 2007 the NSFC had approximately 60 members who wrote for a variety of weekly and daily newspapers.-History:...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1020031/bio. In 2008, she founded Barncat Publishing http://www.barncatpublishing.com, where she coaches writers and helps them finish their books and book proposals.
Jami Bernard appears in the 2009 documentary film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism is a 2009 documentary film dramatizing a hundred years of American film criticism through film clips, historic photographs, and on-camera interviews with many of today’s important reviewers, mostly print but also Internet...
via a homemade comic video showing her life at home playing with her cat and being self-employed after being removed as film critic for the New York Daily News.
Breast cancer advocate
Bernard is a survivor of breast cancerBreast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
and a breast cancer advocate and keynote speaker who wrote a book about her experience—Breast Cancer: There and Back—and writes a regular column for MAMM magazine, the magazine for women with cancer http://www.jamibernard.com/mamm_index.html.
External links
- Barncat website
- Jami Bernard's website
- Bernard's reviews at Rotten TomatoesRotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...