Bernd Umbreit

Bernd Umbreit (* 1950 in Oberstenfeld ) is a German documentary filmmaker who, together with Heidi Umbreit, oversees the book, production and camera of his films. In 1984 he founded the production company “Films as an Issue”.

Bernd Umbreit

Filmography (selection)

• 1987: New every day - prison chaplain Petrus Ceelen
• 1988: Asphalt crosses - fates on our roads
• 1989: If you look back, you will die - Anatol Feid, experiences with drug addicts
• 1990: Between fear and diagnosis
• 1991: Anonymous
• 1991: Ice Age - a lifelong attempt to melt
• 1992: Soul Murder - Abused and Abused as a Child
• 1993: I Have An Abortion - How Women Cope With It
• 1994: The Prodigal Son
• 1994: The divided pastor
• 1995: Death on the waiting list - human life and organ transplant
• 1995: The Raven Mother - For the love of children
• 1996: In a prison of lies - prisoners and their relatives
• 1996: The boss - the boss
• 1997: Laurin - Two mothers fight for a child
• 1997: The Art of Mourning - A Muslim, a Christian, a Jew
• 1998: Divorce without broken glass
• 1998: My last words to you - thoughts of the dying
• 1999: When Doctors Make Mistakes - Cover Up, Denial, Forgive
• 1999: One Night's Nightmare - When Marriage Dramas End Fatally
• 1999: A kidney for the best friend
• 2001: shadow of death
• 2001: The Third Woman - A German in West Africa
• 2002: ... then I'll just leave!
• 2003: Sam and Tim - Born on the verge of life
• 2004: Window to Freedom - Hope for a Lifelong Woman
• 2005: I was the perfect kid
• 2006: The Mercy Wedding
• 2006: Time I still have
• 2007: Money or Faith - One Year Confirmation Group
• 2008: The decision - separation or a new beginning
• 2009: Hello Jule, I'm still alive
• 2011: eating disorder
• 2012: Tour into the Unknown - The Indestructible Four
• 2015: The village of silence
• 2016: Dare to be more free
• 2019: breaking the silence

Prices

• 1988: Christophorus Team Prize, for asphalt crosses - fates on our streets
• 1989: German Economic Film Award , for Asphalt Crosses - Fates on Our Streets
• 1995: Golden Compass (KEP), for I have drifted
• 2000: German Camera Prize, category "Reportage", for a kidney for the best friend
• 2004: German Camera Prize, category “Reportage”, for Sam and Tim - Born on the border with life
• 2004: Bavarian TV Prize, for Sam and Tim - Born on the verge of life
• 2006: Richard von Weizsäcker Journalist Award, for time that I have left
• 2006: German Camera Prize, category “Reportage”, for time that still remains for me
• 2006: David CFF Film Prize, category “Non-Fictional”, for time that I have left
• 2010: German Social Award , for Hello Jule, I'm still alive
• 2011: Special award of the journalist award "Pro Ehrenamt - Hermann Wilhelm Thywissen-Preis", for Hello Jule, I'm still alive
• 2011: CFF-Filmpreis David , category “Non-Fictional”, for Hello Jule, I'm still alive
• 2012: German Journalism Prize for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, for Tour into the Unknown - The Indestructible Four

Web links

• Bernd Umbreit in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website of Bernd Umbreit

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} German Camera Prize
2. ↑ Bavarian TV Prize
3. ^ Richard von Weizsäcker Journalist Prize