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Berton "Bert" Jerome Schneider (May 5, 1933 – December 12, 2011) was an American film and television producer. He was responsible for several topical films of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the road film Easy Rider (1969), directed by Dennis Hopper.
Dec 16, 2011 · Bert Schneider died the night of December 12, of pneumonia, after a long illness. Although he has been neglected and more or less forgotten, he played a key role in the birth...
Dec 14, 2011 · Bert Schneider, a producer of “Easy Rider” and other films that reflected and helped define the social unrest of the late 1960s and early ’70s, died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 78. His...
Jun 9, 2012 · Bert Schneider was lionized after his death last December -- at 78 -- as the innovative producer and Oscar winner for the anti-Vietnam War documentary "Hearts and Minds" as well some of his ...
Bert Schneider. Bert was known for standing up for what he believed in, personally and professionally, no matter what the cost may be. When he won the Oscar for Best Documentary, instead of a speech he read a telegram from the Vietnamese ambassador from the peace talks in Paris.
Dec 14, 2011 · Bert Schneider, the iconoclastic producer behind a trio of influential movies — “Easy Rider,” “Five Easy Pieces” and “The Last Picture Show” — that captured the rootlessness and discontent of...
Dec 13, 2011 · Bert Schneider dies at 78. Was producer of 'Easy Rider,' 'Five Easy Pieces'. By Carmel Dagan. Film producer Bert Schneider, a force behind such notable films from the late 1960s and ’70s as...
