Bettina Stephanie Walter (born February 13, 1971) is a German
documentary
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film producer.
Her works as producer include
''The Forum'' (German: ''Das Forum'', winner of the 2020
German Business Film Prize (
de)),
''Falciani's Tax Bomb'' (nominated for the 2015
German Film Award
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for Best Documentary Film
and the
Grimme Online Award for Best Documentary),
''
Google and the World Brain''
(official selection in the
Sundance
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World Cinema competition),
and ''
The Light Bulb Conspiracy'' (
es) (winner of the 2011
Ondas Award for International Television).
Education and career
Walter graduated with a master's degree in
anthropology
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,
politics
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,
romance languages
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and
Latin American studies
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from the
University of Hamburg
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.
Since 2000, Walter has taught documentary
filmmaking
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, project
development
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and international
co-production for several educational institutions including the
Autonomous University of Barcelona
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, the university consists of 57 departments in the experimental, lif ...
, the
University of Barcelona
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, the
International University of Catalunya, the
Film Academy Baden-Württemberg
and
ECIB Film School of Barcelona.
In 2016, the
Goethe-Institut
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and Documentary Campus in collaboration with Walter and BWP founded Campus Latino, a non-profit training programme for filmmakers from Latin America, Spain, Italy and Portugal. The program focusses on creative development, assists in finding financial partners, and explores "innovative distribution strategies" for the international marketplace.
Her works as coproducer include ''Theatre of War'' (Spanish: ''Teatro de Guerra'', winner of the
CICAE Award at the
Berlin International Film Festival
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), and ''Mañana al Mar'' (winner of the 2006
Prix Europa
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PRIX EUROPA awards the best European Televisi ...
for Non-Fiction).
Filmography
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walter, Bettina
1971 births
Living people
People from Harburg (district)
University of Hamburg alumni
German documentary film producers
German women film producers
German women film directors
21st-century German women
20th-century German women