Boris Benjamin Bertram

Boris Benjamin Bertram
Born (1971-12-29) 29 December 1971 (age 52)
NationalityDanish
Occupation(s)Film director, cinematographer, producer

Boris Benjamin Bertram (born 29 December 1971) is a Danish film director, keynote speaker, producer and partner in Good Company Pictures, a documentary production company based in Copenhagen.[1][2]

Life and career

Bertram studied documentary film making at National Film School of Denmark and Social Psychology and Communication at Roskilde University.[3]

Bertram worked as a radio journalist at Copenhagen Homeless Radio. In 1999, he joined the creative department of Zentropa Real and worked on the documentaries The Five Obstructions and The Erotic Man as an assistant director with Lars Von Trier and Jørgen Leth.[4] He has directed a few television series for DR1 and TV2.[3]

Bertram's films focus on international issues and conflict resolution. In 2018, he directed the documentary The Human Shelter with the support of IKEA, with both concerned to talk about what makes a home around the world.[5][6][7]

In 2019, he directed Photographer of War, which follows Danish war photographer Jan Grarup.[8] The film was nominated for a Robert Award from the Danish Academy Awards.[9]

Filmography

Awards

Film Year Category Film festival
War Photographer

2020

Nominee Robert Best Documentary

Shared with: Katrine Sahlstrøm (producer)

Danish Film Awards (Robert)
2020 Prague, One World Human Rights Film Festival
2019 Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage
2019 Leipzig, Festival for Documentary and Animation
2019 São Paulo, Int. Film Festival
2019 Malmö, Nordisk Panorama
Chips & Liver Girls 2011 Rotterdam, International Film Festival
2010 CPH:DOX
Tankograd 2011 Helsinki, Doc Point Documentary Film Festival
2010 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival[10]
2009 Nominee Amnesty Award CPH:DOX
Diplomacy- the responsibility to protect 2008 Odense Internationale Film Festival

References

  1. ^ "The Human Shelter by Boris Bertram Premieres in Ney York". The Metalocus. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "The Human Shelter Screening and Q&A". The Design Museum. Retrieved on 5 May 2020
  3. ^ a b "Boris Benjamin Bertram". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ^ "MY BEIRUT / Danish Film School / Retrospectives / Programme / 2012 / ZAGREBDOX International documentary film festival". zagrebdox.net. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Film: Human Shelter, dir. Boris Benjamin Bertram, 2018". Supamodu. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. ^ «Documentary About Human Shelter Shows the Poetry, Power and Resilience of "Home"». Arch Daily. Retrieved on 5 May 2020
  7. ^ "The Human Shelter: Wherever that may be". The Hindu. Retrieved on 5 May 2020
  8. ^ leipglo (17 November 2019). "Photographer of War: three perspectives, one DOK". The Leipzig Glocal. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Boris has spent five years on his film and was shot by sniper". DR Culture. Retrieved on 5 May 2020
  10. ^ "Tankograd". Hotdocs 2010. Retrieved on 5 May 2020