Bernie is a Peabody and three-time Primetime Emmy award-winning creator, director, and interactive storyteller pushing the boundaries of AI-driven narrative. He created and showrunned Whispers, Pickford.ai's groundbreaking interactive mystery series where audiences actively solve crimes alongside AI-powered characters.

His Emmy-winning works include Jane Austen adaptations The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Emma Approved—capturing YouTube's first two Primetime Emmys—and Artificial, the pioneering live interactive sci-fi series that became Twitch's most decorated original, winning a Webby, Peabody, and Emmy.

He recently directed the Olay Body Wash 2025 AAPI commercial campaign and is a sought-after speaker on generative AI's transformative impact, ethics, and risks across the creator economy and traditional entertainment industry.