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".

KNOWN FOR

Great Performances
1974
Tony Awards
1962
Le Grand Échiquier
1984
The Ed Sullivan Show
1958
Bambi
1986
Omnibus
1954
The Kennedy Center Honors
1980
Startime
1959
West Side Story
2021
Das Sonntagskonzert
1975
West Side Story
1961
On the Waterfront
1954

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
104
Writing
20
Sound
56
Crew
3
2024
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Beatles '64
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Bernstein's Wall
as Self (archive footage)
2018
West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein
as himself
2018
Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided
as self
2017
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
as Self
2016
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
as Self
2016
Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life
as Himself
2013
Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades
as self
2012
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius
as Self - Conductor
2012
Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli
as Conductor
2010
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker
as Conductor
2010
Bernstein's Mahler
2009
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
as Self (archival footage)
2009
Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)
as Conductor
2008
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 1,8,9
2008
Schumann: The Symphonies - Leonard Bernstein
as Conductor
2008
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
as Conductor
2008
Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 2,6,7
as Conductor
2008
Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture
as Conductor
2008
Bernstein conducts Bernstein
as Conductor
2008
Bernstein in Rehearsal & Performance: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1
as Conductor
2007
Mozart: Requiem
as Self - conductor
2007
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5
as Himself
2007
Brahms Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures/ Variations on a Theme by Haydn/Serenade No. 2
as Himself
2007
Rostropovich Life & Art
as Self - Conductor
2007
Cello Concertos Haydn and Schumann
as Self - Conductor
2006
Bernstein in Paris: The Ravel Concerts
2006
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate
as Conductor
2006
Bernstein in Paris: Berlioz Requiem
as Conductor
2006
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
as Conductor
2006
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, Symphony No. 39 - Leonard Bernstein
as Self - Pianist and Conductor
2005
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
as Conductor
2004
20th Century Greats
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note
as (archival footage)
1993
Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music
1993
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Glenn Gould: Extasis
as Self (archival footage)
1992
Bernstein in Australia: Tchaikovsky
1992
Bernstein in Japan
as Self - Conductor
1991
Debussy, Images pour orchestre
as dirigent
1991
Candide
as Commentator
1990
Clive James' Postcard from
as Self
1989
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
as Self - Conductor
1989
Ode to Freedom
as Self / Conductor
1988
Leonard Bernstein: The Rite of Spring in Rehearsal
1986
Bambi
as Self
1985
The Making Of West Side Story
as Self / Conductor
1985
Tanglewood: A Place for Music
as Self
1985
Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor
as Self
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
as Self
1984
Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli
as dirigent
1984
Bernstein Brahms Symphonies
as Himself
1984
Brahms The Piano Concertos
as Conductor
1984
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1983
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
as Self - Conductor
1982
Bernstein/Beethoven
as Self
1980
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1979
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was…
as Himself
1978
Leonard Bernstein: Reflections
as Self
1978
Beethoven Fidelio
as Conductor
1978
Bernstein Beethoven Overtures
as Conductor
1977
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
as dirigent
1977
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
as Self / Conductor
1976
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
as Himself
1976
The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
as Himself
1976
The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics
as Himself
1976
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
as Himself
1976
The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
as Himself
1976
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
as Himself
1976
Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
as Himself
1976
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
as Conductor
1976
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
as Self - Conductor
1976
The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
as Presenter
1975
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
as Self
1975
Bernstein: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies No. 4 & 5
as Self - Conductor
1975
Das Sonntagskonzert
as Self
1974
Great Performances
as Self
1973
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
as Self - Conductor
1973
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection” – Leonard Bernstein – Ely Cathedral
1972
Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
as Self (conductor and commentator)
1970
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
as Self / Narrator
1970
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
as Self / Conductor
1970
Bernstein In Vienna: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major
as Self / Conductor / Pianist
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1967
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
as Self
1967
Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution
as Self
1966
Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti
as Self - Interviewee
1962
Tony Awards
as Self - Recipient
1960
The Creative Performer
1959
Startime
as Self
1958
What Makes Music Symphonic? (Young People's Concert No. 4)
1958
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1958
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
1957
Satchmo the Great
1954
Omnibus
Bernstein | Mahler Lieder
Mahler Symphony no. 3: Bernstein
as Director
Mahler Bernstein Das Lied von Der Erde
as Self (conductor)
Joseph Haydn : Die Schopfung - Leonard Bernstein