{{Short description|Canadian film director}} {{Infobox person | name =Zack Bernbaum | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation =film director | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Zack Bernbaum''' is a Canadian film director from Toronto, Ontario.<ref name=crawford>Julie Crawford, "Filmmaker draws on sibling rivalry for storyline". ''North Shore News'', November 23, 2018.</ref>
A graduate of the film studies program at Ryerson University, he founded his own production company, Ezeqial Productions, early in his career.<ref name=underscene>Andres Guzman, [https://theunderscene.com/2020/09/28/a-socially-distanced-conversation-with-zack-bernbaum/ "A (Socially Distanced) Conversation with Zack Bernbaum"]. ''The Underscene'', September 28, 2020.</ref> He named the company for his Hebrew name, Yechezkel (Ezekiel), but opted to change the spelling for artistic reasons as he did not want his films to be perceived as religiously themed.<ref name=underscene/>
He directed his feature debut, ''And Now a Word from Our Sponsor'', in 2013,<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/a-word-sponsor-film-review-448316/ "And Now a Word from Our Sponsor: Film Review"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter'', April 29, 2013.</ref> and followed up in 2015 with ''Cold Deck''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/cold-deck-a-deal-of-cliches-in-poker-heist-film/article27583251/|title=Cold Deck: A deal of clichés in poker heist film|author=Brad Wheeler|work=The Globe and Mail|date=December 4, 2015}}</ref>
In 2018 he released ''The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova'',<ref name=crawford/> which won the awards for Best Film and Best Director at the 2019 Canadian Film Festival.<ref>Jordan Pinto, [https://playbackonline.ca/2019/03/25/dancing-dogs-of-dombrova-wins-best-feature-at-cff/ "The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova wins best feature at CFF"]. ''Playback'', March 25, 2019.</ref>
He has also directed the short films ''So Soon Forgotten'' (2009), ''Captive Love'' (2016) and ''The Announcement'' (2020).
As of 2020, he had two future film projects, ''Cut for Stone'' and ''(An)other'', in development.<ref name=underscene/>
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