Juerg Neuenschwander

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Juerg Neuenschwander
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Juerg Neuenschwander in 2013
Born1953
Signau, Switzerland [1]
Nationality Swiss
EducationPrimary school in Signau; Diploma in education from the University of Bern, Switzerland; studied psychology at University of Bern, Switzerland [2]
Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter, producer [2]
Years active1978–present
Notable work
  • My Mother is in Sri Lanka, (1986, co-directed with Remo Legnazzi) [3]
  • Shigatse – eine Spritze kommt selten allein (An injection never comes alone, 1989-1990) [4]
  • Kräuter und Kräfte (The Power of Healing, 1995) [5]
  • Früher oder später (Sooner or later, 2000-2003) [6]
  • Q – Begegnungen auf der Milchstrasse (Encounters on the Milky Way, 2000) [7]

Juerg Neuenschwander (born 1953) is a Swiss independent documentary film director, film producer, politician and founding member of Container TV AG for film and television in Bern, Switzerland. [8] He is a media consultant and lecturer in film and audiovisual design; director of short and feature-length documentary films, of artistic projects and interactive Multimedia productions. [1]

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Career

Documentary films

Juerg Neuenschwander has made a name for himself with cinematic documentaries such as früher oder später (sooner or later), Kräuter und Kräfte (The Power of Healing), and Q – Begegnungen auf der Milchstrasse (Encounters on the Milky Way). [9] He developed and directed a community TV project in Bern's Tscharnergut neighbourhood. [8] He worked on location in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, China (Tibet), Mali, Nepal, Switzerland and the US. [10]

Lectureships, professorships

Juerg Neuenschwander is an expert and consultant in visual communication, he teaches film studies at Bern University of the Art, a Department of Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland, (1999 – 2016), and at the College of Design & Innovation D&I, Tongji University, Shanghai, China (visiting professor, 2009 – 2015). [11]

1999–2008 Founder and director of the Media Lab at Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland. [10]

2016 Juerg Neuenschwander has got a call under the Recruitment Program of Global Experts” (上海千人计划) for three years as an Overseas High-Level Talent National Chair Professor at the College of Arts & Media 艺术于传媒学院 at Tongji University, Shanghai. [12]

Memberships

Select filmography

Feature-length documentaries

Television productions, short documentaries

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Neuenschwander, Juerg (2001). Documentary filmmakers from Switzerland. CH Pieterlen: Edition Clandestin. pp. 134–135. ISBN   3-905297-18-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Neuenschwander, Juerg (2001). Documentary filmmakers from Switzerland. CH Pieterlen: Edition Clandestin. p. 134. ISBN   3-905297-18-3.
  3. 1 2 "My Mother is in Sri Lanka". Bern für den Film. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Shigatse". ContainerTv. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Kräuter und Kräfte". Swissfilms. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Früher oder später" . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Encounters on the Milky Way" (PDF). Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  8. 1 2 Graezer Bideau, Florence (2014). "Lausanne Summer School 2014". College of Humanities. Centre for Area and Cultural Studies (Part 2, summer 2014): 26.
  9. ↑ "Jürg Neuenschwander". bernfilm.ch. Verein Bern für den Film. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "Staff, Jürg Neuenschwander". Hochschule der Künste Bern. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jürg Neuenschwander, Biography". swissfilms.ch. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "College of Arts & Media, Tongji University, Juerg Neuenschwander". Tongji University. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Jahresbericht 2008/2009". Zürcher Filmstiftung: 34.
  14. ↑ "juergneuenschwander.com" . Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Gleich und anders" . Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  16. ↑ "Eat & Digest" . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Made in China: Making or faking". youtube.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  18. ↑ Jahrbuch der Hochschule der Künste Bern 2014. Berner Fachhochschule. 2014. pp. 57–68. ISBN   978-3-9524091-2-1.
  19. ↑ "Interview: Swiss film director says Chinese-style entrepreneurship booming". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  20. 1 2 "juergneuenschwander.com" . Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  21. ↑ "The Fear has a 1000 Eyes - Cities in the age of terrorism". German-documentaries.de. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  22. ↑ "Boggsing" . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  23. 1 2 "Aufträge: Arbeitswelt, Sozial- und Kulturbereich". container-tv.com. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  24. ↑ "Aufträge: Schule, Bildung, Entwicklungszusammenarbeit". container-tv.com. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  25. ↑ "The Rasheda Trust". container-tv.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  26. ↑ "Filmpreis des Kanton Bern und Annerkennungspreise" (PDF). Berner Filmförderung. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  27. ↑ "Nominees: 19th Annual IDA distinguished documentary achievement Awards 2003". documentary.org. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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