Janet Bergstrom
Acting
Known For

Documentary focusing on the film careers F.W. Murnau, Frank Borzage and William Fox and their impact on the history of cinema.
Murnau, Borzage and Fox

Portrait of film director John Ford, perhaps best known for re-inventing the Western, and generally considered one of America's greatest directors.
Becoming John Ford
Film historian/professor at UCLA Janet Bergstrom and Positif journalist N.T. Bihn discuss To Be or Not to Be and Ernst Lubitsch's career and legacy. The featurette also contains archival footage with Francois Truffaut and Claude Berri.
To Be... A Classic

A documentary on the 1973 Sam Fuller film Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street.
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany
Documentary on the making of Josef von Sternberg's 'Underworld,' which launched the American gangster genre as we know it.
Underworld: How it Came to Be

Film scholar Janet Bergstrom discusses Sternberg's 1930 film starring Marlene Dietrich.
Crazy Love: Janet Bergstrom on Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco'

Reconstruction with photographies of the lost film 4 devils.
Murnau's 4 Devils: Traces of a Lost Film
Documentary short about director Josef von Sternberg.
Josef von Sternberg, Salvation Hunter
A new 15-minute examination of the artistry and production history of F.M. Murnau's Phantom by UCLA film historian Janet Bergstrom.