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Swiss independent documentary film director, film producer and politician

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Juerg Neuenschwander
Juerg Neuenschwander in 2013
Born	1953 Signau, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Education	Primary school in Signau; Diploma in education from the University of Bern, Switzerland; studied psychology at University of Bern, Switzerland
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1978–present
Notable work	My Mother is in Sri Lanka, (1986, co-directed with Remo Legnazzi) Shigatse – eine Spritze kommt selten allein (An injection never comes alone, 1989-1990) Kräuter und Kräfte (The Power of Healing, 1995) Früher oder später (Sooner or later, 2000-2003) Q – Begegnungen auf der Milchstrasse (Encounters on the Milky Way, 2000)

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. 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.

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). He developed and directed a community TV project in Bern's Tscharnergut neighbourhood. He worked on location in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, China (Tibet), Mali, Nepal, Switzerland and the US.

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).

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

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.

Memberships

1987–1995, member of the Film Commission of the canton of Bern
2005–2008, member of Expert Committee for Non-fiction of Zürich Film Foundation (Zürcher Filmstiftung).

Select filmography

Feature-length documentaries

Daughters of a Rebel (in preparation)
Simply different/ Gleich und anders (2011-2016)
The Chinese Recipe: bold and smart (2012-2016)
Sooner or later (früher oder später, 2000-2003)
Encounters on the Milky Way (Q – Begegnungen auf der Milchstrasse, 1998-2000)
Kräuter und Kräfte (The Power of Healing, 1994-1995)
Shigatse – eine Spritze kommt selten allein (An injection never comes alone, 1989-1990)
My Mother is in Sri Lanka (1986, co-directed with Remo Legnazzi)

Television productions, short documentaries

The Magic of the Chinese Opera (in development)
Seitenblick (Side Glance, experimental, in development)
Fear has a Thousand Eyes (Die Angst hat 1000 Augen, 2011, producer)
Boggsing (Boggsen, 2011)
Bao, the Upright Judge (Der rechtschaffene Richter BAO, 2011)
The Swiss Parliament Building (Kuppel über Bern, 2006–09)
Living with Orangutans (Unter Orang-Utans, 2008)
Wound Ballistic (2008)
The World in-between (Zwischenwelt, 2007)
The Rasheda Trust (2006)
Amadou’s Friends (Les Amis d’Amadou, 2005)
Imprisonment (Freiheitsentzug, 1996-1997)
Hey you! (1998)
The Promise (Das Versprechen, 1996)
The Magic of Simulation (Simulationszauber, 1995–96)
Rasheda – no time for a chat (Rasheda – keine Zeit für einen Schwatz, 1993-1994)
Confrontation HIV/Aids (Konfrontation HIV/Aids), six episodes (1991-1993)
Seeing means living (Sehen ist alles, 1991)
On the mountain (Auf dem Berg, 1993)
Fri-Art NY- Made in Switzerland, video installation, with Peter Guyer (1984)
So Berne – Youth on the Street (So Bern – Jugend auf der Strasse, 1980), with Alex Sutter et al.
Video5 (1978)
Space to live – Occupation of Houses (Raum zum Leben – Häuserbesetzung, 1975, a fragment)

Awards

Encounters on the Milky Way (Q – Begegnungen auf der Milchstrasse), Berner Filmpreis for Documentary Film (2002)
Sooner or later (früher oder später) was nominated for the Documentary Award Pare Lorentz 2003, Los Angeles

References

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

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