Bettina Braun
Bettina Braun (born March 31, 1969 in Hamburg ) is a German documentary filmmaker , author and director .
Life
After graduating from high school, Bettina Braun began training in London . She studied art and graphic design at Harrow College of Higher Education in 1988/89, and graphic design at Central St. Martins College from 1990 to 1993 . From 1995 to 1997 she completed additional studies at the Art Academy for Media in Cologne .
During her studies in London and Cologne, she worked as a freelance director (including for the BBC and WDR ) and as a designer . In the late 1990s she also worked as an editor and author (including for WDR, Arte , RTL , VOX and ZDF ). Bettina Braun achieved nationwide fame through her documentary What are you living? on ZDF ( Das kleine Fernsehspiel ), in which she accompanied a group of young migrants in their everyday lives to grow up. A recurring moment in her documentary work is the use of beta cams or DV cams , which deliberately create the impression of personal closeness to the protagonists.
Since 2004 she has been a substitute professor at the Lippe and Höxter University of Applied Sciences in the media production department for audiovisual media design .
Bettina Braun has two sons and lives in Cologne.
Filmography (selection)
- 1994: Mogodon (spot for the BBC series Animal Hereos ), (Director)
- 1996: Bodies & Borders (short film), (script, director)
- 1998: An illusion within reach (commercial, for the stages of the city of Cologne ), (director)
- 1997: Speech ens aanständich (film essay), ( script , direction, film editing)
- 1999: Women are essentially different (portrait), (book, director, film editing)
- 2001: Transit station (documentary film), (direction, film editing)
- 2001: Love black and white (documentary), (film editing)
- 2004: what do you live? (Documentary), (script, director, camera, film editing)
- 2008: What you want (documentary, continuation of What are you living? ), (Direction, script, camera, sound, production)
- 2009: Nick & Tim (documentary), (director, producer)
- 2011: where are you? (Documentary, continuation of What are you living? And What you want ), (direction, script, camera, sound, production)
Awards
- 1998: 1st prize , (best commercial), Univideo Pescara , Italy
- 1999: Hans-Böckler-Förderpreis (with Britta Wandaogo, A. Getto)
- 2004: RP audience award at the Duisburg Film Week
- 2005: Best Documentary Film Festival Turkey / Germany
- 2005: Phoenix Documentary Award , Cologne Conference
- 2005: Sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists
- 2005: Editing Prize " Image Art Editing Prize Documentary Film " for "What are you living?"
- 2006: Nominated for the media prize, Davos
- 2006: German Child and Youth Welfare Media Prize ( Hermine Albers Prize )
- 2009: Winner of the first dok you competition
- 2013: Grimme Prize for long-term film observation in the documentary trilogy “What are you living? - What you want - where are you? "
Individual evidence
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Web links
- Bettina Braun in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bettina Braun at filmportal.de
- Website from Bettina Braun
- Bettina Braun at ladoc.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Braun, Bettina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German documentary filmmaker and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |