Bero Beyer

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Beyer at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020

Bero Beyer (born November 12, 1970 in Bremerhaven ) is a Dutch screenwriter and film producer and has been the head of the Nederlands Filmfonds since March 2020.

Live and act

Beyer was born in Bremerhaven as the son of a seafaring captain and a German mother. After a station in Capelle aan den IJssel , he grew up in Berkel en Rodenrijs . Beyer graduated in 1993 with a diploma from the faculty for audio-visual design of the Willem de Kooning art academy in Rotterdam. He then worked as a cameraman for the Italian production La Murciaola . Together with the director Hany Abu-Assad , he worked as a screenwriter and producer in independent productions for the film production company Ayloul Film in 1999 and 2000 .

In 2000, Beyer founded the production company Augustus Film together with Abu-Assad, Beyer was the producer and Abu-Assad the director. Augustus Film's first production was Rana's Wedding, which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, among others. In 2005, Paradise Now premiered at the 55th Berlin Film Festival . Beyer was involved both as a producer and as a screenwriter. Paradies Now has won numerous prizes, including a Golden Globe . Beyer was awarded the European Film Prize together with Abu-Assad for his script .

From 2015 to 2019 Beyer was director of the Rotterdam International Film Festival , and since 2020 he has been director of the Nederlands Filmfonds, the Dutch film funding agency.

Filmography (selection)

As a producer

  • 2002: Rana's Wedding ( Al Qods Fee Yom Akhar )
  • 2003: Ford Transit
  • 2005: Paradise Now
  • 2008: The Salt of the Sea ( Milh Hadha al-Bahr )
  • 2013: Lifelong ( Hayatboyu )
  • 2013: Qissa. The ghost is a lonely wanderer ( Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost )
  • 2014: Atlantic.

As a screenwriter

  • 2003: Ford Transit
  • 2005: Paradise Now

Awards (selection)

European Film Award 2005

Award of the Golden Calf 2005

Golden Globe Award 2005

Academy Awards 2006

German Film Award 2006

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barbara Schuster: Bero Beyer moves to the top of Dutch film funding. In: Blickpunkt Film. July 1, 2019, accessed July 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Ingrid Smits: Zo Ben Ik Groot became: Bero Beyer. In: rijnmond.nl. January 17, 2016, accessed July 28, 2020 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018. Willem de Kooning Academy, accessed on July 28, 2020 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ Katrin Doerksen: Festival director Bero Beyer is leaving the IFFR. In: Kino-zeit.de. July 1, 2019, accessed July 28, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Beyer, Bero
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremerhaven