David Bernet

David Bernet (2016)

David Bernet (born 1966 in Rheineck , Switzerland) is a Swiss filmmaker and director . He became known in autumn 2015 for his documentary film Democracy - Im Rausch der Daten , for which he accompanied the legislative processes of the European Union on site for over two years and which was awarded the German Documentary Film Prize in 2017 .

Life

Bernet studied literature and philosophy in Vienna and Berlin . Since 1995 he has worked as a journalist for various print and radio newsrooms. He later also worked as an author, production manager and researcher for documentary film productions, for example for Nikolaus Geyrhalter's award-winning Our Daily Bread .

Filmography

• 2005: Die Flüsterer - A Journey into the World of Interpreters (Director, Screenplay)
• 2007: Jew by Choice ( English : 'self-determined Jew') (director, screenplay)
• In cooperation with Bettina Borgfeld: 2011 Raising Resistance ( English : build resistance ) (Director, Screenplay)
• 2015: Democracy - Im Rausch der Daten (direction, screenplay, co-production)
• 2015: Falciani and the banking scandal (dramaturgy)

Web links

Commons : David Bernet  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• David Bernet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• David Bernet at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Moritz Stadler: Movie "Democracy": Behind the Scenes of the EU , Spiegel Online , November 8, 2015, accessed on November 9, 2015.
2. ↑ German Documentary Film Prize awarded in Stuttgart , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, July 1, 2017, accessed on July 1, 2017.
3. ↑ This work was nominated for the German Film Prize in the "Best Documentary" category. Description ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Arte, accessed February 13, 2017