Lord Sydney Lewis BERNSTEIN
- Born: 30 Jan 1899, Ilford, Essex, England
- Marriage: Sandra Alexander MALONE in England
- Died: 5 Feb 1993, London, England at age 94
 Another name for Sydney was Baron Bernstein of Leigh.
Noted events in his life were:
Employment: England. Of the four contractors awarded franchises in the original television licence round of 1954, Granada Television is the only one that remains to this day.
Founded: England. In 1925, he helped found the London-based Film Society with the object of bringing audiences a range of 'films of intrinsic merit' from abroad. The Film Society was the first to show the films of Eisenstein, Pudovkin and Ren้ Clair in the UK, and attracted people such as H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw.
Mission: To enlighten the world, 1945, Germany. At the very end of WWII he brought Alfred Hitchcock to Europe to photograph the death camps. This movie was only released in recent years.
Award, 1984. International Emmy Directorate Award, and the British Film Institute
Fellowship for outstanding achievements in film and television.
Sydney married Sandra Alexander MALONE in England. (Sandra Alexander MALONE was born on 29 Mar 1923 in Toronto, Canada and died in Nov 1991 in London, England.)
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