Bernie Su | |
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Born | May 31, unknown year |
Occupation(s) | Web series creator, writer, director, film producer |
Years active | 2007–present |
Notable work | The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Emma Approved |
Bernie Su is an American web series creator, writer, director and producer. He is best known for his work on the Emmy Award-winning web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries with Hank Green, a modern vlog-style adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice which won YouTube's first primetime Emmy. His five-platform interactive re-imagination of Austen's Emma, called Emma Approved, won the same Emmy two years later. Su also worked on Vanity, was Multi-channel network StyleHaul's first original online series, with Maybelline New York attached as the exclusive sponsor for its centennial celebration.
Su's most recent project, Artificial, follows a young AI named Sophie as she learns what it means to be a human. It is the first web series to debut on the streaming service Twitch and was awarded a Primetime Emmy and Peabody Award in 2019.[1]