Nancy Bernstein

Nancy Bernstein (September 10, 1960 – September 18, 2015) was an American visual effects producer at Digital Domain and later Head of Production at DreamWorks Animation. She produced DreamWorks' 2012 film Rise of the Guardians.

Biography Bernstein was born in 1960 and grew up in New York before moving to Los Angeles. Her first visual effects credit was on Woody Allen's segments in the 1989 New York Stories.

In 2005, she joined DreamWorks Animation, producing films, overseeing global initiatives, and becoming head of production. She helped translate the Shrek films to 3D and produced the 2012 film Rise of the Guardians. She died on September 18, 2015, after the stage IV cancer metastasized to her lungs. Bernstein was 55 and left behind a wife and daughter. DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 3 was dedicated to her memory.