Jami Bernard (born August 10, 1956) is an American author and media consultant, an award-winning film critic for ''

The New York Post The ''New York Post'' (''NY Post'') is an American Conservatism in the United States, conservative daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates three online sites: NYPost. ...

'' and ''

The New York Daily News The ''Daily News'' is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson in New York City as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in tabloid format, and rea ...

'', and the founder of Barncat Publishing. She has appeared in documentaries as herself, including the

Independent Film Channel IFC is an American basic cable channel owned by AMC Networks. Launched in 1994 as the Independent Film Channel, a spin-off of former sister channel Bravo, IFC originally operated as a commercial-free service, devoted to showing independent fi ...

's ''Indie Sex'' series, on which she was a consultant. Bernard wrote a ''Lois Lane'' comic for

DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

in which Lois is based on Bernard's early career at ''

''. Bernard is a frequent guest on TV and radio shows; appearances include on ''

Oprah Oprah Gail Winfrey (; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', broadcast from Chic ...

'', ''The Today Show'', and '' Lynn Samuels'' on

Satellite Radio Satellite radio is defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)'s ITU Radio Regulations (RR) as a '' broadcasting-satellite service''. The satellite's signals are broadcast nationwide, across a much wider geographical area than te ...

. Her work has been published in numerous magazines, including ''

Entertainment Weekly ''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, ...

'', ''Seventeen'', ''Glamour'', and ''Self''.

Family

Bernard's maternal grandparents were from

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Biał ...

, Poland. She was raised in

Jackson Heights Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the borough of Queens in New York City. Jackson Heights is neighbored by North Corona to the east, Elmhurst to the south, Woodside to the west, and today northern Astoria ( Ditm ...

, 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. Bernard and her close family are Jewish.

Education

Bernard attended Newtown High School and was a columnist for "The Tower," the school newspaper. She graduated from

Barnard College Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...

in 1978 and was editor of "The Barnard Bulletin."Rock Critic Interviews: "The girl can't help it – Interview with Jami Bernard of the New York Daily News" By Aaron Aradillas
retrieved March 30, 2016

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 The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is an American film critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism by film scho ...

and a member of the

National Society of Film Critics The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) is an American film critic organization. The organization is known for its highbrow tastes, and its annual awards are one of the most prestigious film critics awards in the United States. In January 2024, ...

br>
In 2008, she founded Barncat Publishin

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''.

Breast cancer advocate

Bernard is a survivor of breast cancer 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 cance

References

External links

Barncat websiteJami Bernard's website
*
Bernard's reviews
at

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernard, Jami 1956 births Living people 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American women writers American women film critics American women non-fiction writers Barnard College alumni Jewish American non-fiction writers