Myrna Berlet
Myrna Berlet
- First: Myrna
- Last: Berlet
- Born: May 30, 1940
- Died: 2/12/2021
- Occupation: Filmmaker,Screenwriter
Bio
Walt and Myrna Berlet's Berlet Film Company, specializing in nature films, was one of the last to make academic films in the 16mm medium ('Canada Goose', approximately 2000). Walter Berlet (b. Sept. 26, 1910 – d. September 6, 1995) began experimenting with 8mm film while operating a dry goods store in Casper, Wyoming, and performing occasional lectures for the Audubon Society. His first film 'The Living Wilderness', was made for the Society in 1960. While in Casper, he met Myrna (b. May 30, 1940), a Minot State University biology major intending on teaching as a career. She soon changed career paths, and they became an inseparable film team, with Walt doing camerawork, and Myrna writing most of the scripts, and handling the lion’s share of the editing.
After Walt’s passing in 1995, Myrna continued making nature films. She marketed through standard channels as well as through the Berlets' website, but discontinued selling films in 2005, primarily due to thin profit margins and constantly changing curricula.