Gregory Bernstein has worked in the entertainment business for the past 33 years from both the business and creative sides ‎-‎- as an entertainment attorney‎,‎ studio business affairs executive‎,‎ WGA union senior executive‎,‎ and award‎-winning screenwriter‎.‎ After graduating from the UCLA Law School in 1980‎,‎ Bernstein practiced entertainment law for two years at O‎'‎Melveny & Myers‎,‎ an international law firm‎.‎He then worked for six years as vice‎-president of business affairs at Columbia and Tri‎-Star Pictures‎,‎ negotiating more than a hundred acting‎,‎ directing‎,‎ producing‎,‎ writing‎,‎ rights‎,‎ financing and distribution agreements‎.‎Following his studio executive years‎,‎ Bernstein enrolled in the film directing program at the American Film Institute where he earned an MFA degree‎.‎ Since leaving AFI‎,‎ he has received writing credit on three films‎:‎ The Conspirator‎,‎ which was released in 2011 and directed by Robert Redford‎,‎ and for which he was awarded the Humanitas Prize‎;‎ Trial and Error‎,‎ which starred Charlize The‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎