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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Juerg Neuenschwander
Juerg Neuenschwander in 2013
Born	1953 Signau, Emmental district, canton of Bern, Switzerland[1]
Nationality	Swiss
Education	Primary school in Signau; Diploma in education from the University of Bern, Switzerland; studied psychology at University of Bern, Switzerland[2]
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, producer[2]
Years active	1978–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]

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

1987 - 1995, member of the Film Commission of the Canton of Berne[10]

2005 - 2008, member of Expert Committee for Non-fiction of Zürich Film Foundation (Zürcher Filmstiftung).[13]

Select filmography

Feature-length documentaries

• Daughters of a Rebel (in preparation)[14]
• Simply different/ Gleich und anders (2011-2016)[15]
• The Chinese Recipe: bold and smart (2012-2016)[16][17][18][19]
• Sooner or later (früher oder später, 2000-2003)[6]
• Encounters on the Milky Way (Q – Begegnungen auf der Milchstrasse, 1998-2000)[7]
• Kräuter und Kräfte (The Power of Healing, 1994-1995)[5]
• Shigatse – eine Spritze kommt selten allein (An injection never comes alone, 1989-1990)[4]
• My Mother is in Sri Lanka (1986, co-directed with Remo Legnazzi)[3]

Television productions, short documentaries

• The Magic of the Chinese Opera (in development)[20]
• Seitenblick (Side Glance, experimental, in development) [20]
• Fear has a Thousand Eyes (Die Angst hat 1000 Augen, 2011, producer)[21]
• Boggsing (Boggsen, 2011)[22]
• Bao, the Upright Judge (Der rechtschaffene Richter BAO, 2011)[23]
• The Swiss Parliament Building (Kuppel über Bern, 2006–09)[23]
• Living with Orangutans (Unter Orang-Utans, 2008)[11]
• Wound Ballistic (2008)[24]
• The World in-between (Zwischenwelt, 2007)[11]
• The Rasheda Trust (2006)[25]
• Amadou’s Friends (Les Amis d’Amadou, 2005)[11]
• Imprisonment (Freiheitsentzug, 1996-1997)[2]
• Hey you! (1998)[2]
• The Promise (Das Versprechen, 1996)[2]
• The Magic of Simulation (Simulationszauber, 1995–96)[2]
• Rasheda – no time for a chat (Rasheda – keine Zeit für einen Schwatz, 1993-1994)[2]
• Confrontation HIV/Aids (Konfrontation HIV/Aids), six episodes (1991-1993)[11]
• Seeing means living (Sehen ist alles, 1991)[2]
• On the mountain (Auf dem Berg, 1993)[2]
• Fri-Art NY- Made in Switzerland, video installation, with Peter Guyer (1984)[2]
• So Berne – Youth on the Street (So Bern – Jugend auf der Strasse, 1980), with Alex Sutter et al.[2]
• Video5 (1978)[11]
• Space to live – Occupation of Houses (Raum zum Leben – Häuserbesetzung, 1975, a fragment)[11]

Awards

• Encounters on the Milky Way (Q – Begegnungen auf der Milchstrasse), Berner Filmpreis for Documentary Film (2002)[26]
• Sooner or later (früher oder später) was nominated for the Documentary Award Pare Lorentz 2003, Los Angeles[27]

References

External links

• Jürg Neuenschwander at IMDb
• CV Juerg Neuenschwander
• Container TV, AG für Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Bern
• Strategic partnership with Tongji University
• Scent Culture Institute
• HKB Juerg Neuenschwander
• Swissfilms: Juerg Neuenschwander
• Bernfilm: Juerg Neuenschwander
• artfilm: Juerg Neuenschwander
• Cultural and Educational Dialogue by Videoconferencing