{{short description|Danish film director (born 1971)}} {{Notability|1=Biographies|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Boris Benjamin Bertram | image = Boris Benjamin Bertram.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1971|12|29}} | occupation = Film director, cinematographer, producer }} '''Boris Benjamin Bertram''' (born 29 December 1971) is a Danish film director, keynote speaker, producer and partner in Good Company Pictures, a documentary production company based in Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Human Shelter by Boris Bertram Premieres in Ney York |url=https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/human-shelter-boris-bertram-premieres-new-york |website=The Metalocus |accessdate=6 May 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://designmuseum.org/whats-on/talks-courses-and-workshops-2/the-human-shelter-screening-and-qa "The Human Shelter Screening and Q&A"]. ''The Design Museum''. Retrieved on 5 May 2020</ref>
== Life and career == Bertram studied documentary film making at National Film School of Denmark and Social Psychology and Communication at Roskilde University.<ref name="DFI">{{cite web |title=Boris Benjamin Bertram |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/person/boris-benjamin-bertram |website=Danish Film Institute |accessdate=6 May 2020}}</ref>
Bertram worked as a radio journalist at Copenhagen Homeless Radio. In 1999, he joined the creative department of Zentropa Real and worked on the documentaries ''The Five Obstructions'' and ''The Erotic Man'' as an assistant director with Lars Von Trier and Jørgen Leth.<ref>{{cite web |title=MY BEIRUT / Danish Film School / Retrospectives / Programme / 2012 / ZAGREBDOX International documentary film festival |url=http://zagrebdox.net/en/2012/programme/retrospectives/danish_film_school/my_beirut |website=zagrebdox.net |accessdate=7 May 2020}}</ref> He has directed a few television series for DR1 and TV2.<ref name="DFI" />
Bertram's films focus on international issues and conflict resolution. In 2018, he directed the documentary ''The Human Shelter'' with the support of IKEA, with both concerned to talk about what makes a home around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://supamodu.com/2019/film/human-shelter-boris-benjamin-bertram/|title=Film: Human Shelter, dir. Boris Benjamin Bertram, 2018|date=2 November 2019|website=Supamodu|language=en-US|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.archdaily.com/899954/documentary-about-human-shelter-shows-the-poetry-power-and-resilience-of-home «Documentary About Human Shelter Shows the Poetry, Power and Resilience of "Home"»]. ''Arch Daily''. Retrieved on 5 May 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-human-shelter-wherever-that-may-be/article24482493.ece "The Human Shelter: Wherever that may be"]. ''The Hindu''. Retrieved on 5 May 2020</ref>
In 2019, he directed ''Photographer of War'', which follows Danish war photographer Jan Grarup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://leipglo.com/2019/11/17/photographer-of-war-three-perspectives-one-dok/|title=Photographer of War: three perspectives, one DOK|last=leipglo|date=17 November 2019|website=The Leipzig Glocal|language=en-US|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> The film was nominated for a Robert Award from the Danish Academy Awards.<ref>[https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/boris-har-brugt-fem-aar-paa-sin-film-og-blev-beskudt-af-snigskytte-i-aften-kan-han "Boris has spent five years on his film and was shot by sniper"]. ''DR Culture''. Retrieved on 5 May 2020</ref>
== Filmography == * An Elephant in the Room (2020) – Executive producer * Prelle – In My Own Voice (2020) – Executive producer * Photographer of War/Krigsfotografen (2019) – Film Director, cinematographer * Don't Give a Fox (2019) – Executive Producer * The Human Shelter (2018) – Film Director, producer * False Confessions (2018) – Executive Producer * Heroes of Hell/Helvedes helte (2014) – Film Director * The War Campaign/Krigskampagnen (2013) – Film Director * The Seduced Man/Det forførte menneske (2011) – Film Photographer * The Erotic Human (2010) – Assistant director: Brazil * Chips & Liver Girls (2010) – Film Director * Tank City/Tankograd (2009) – Film Director * Diplomacy: The Responsibility to Protect (2008) – Film Director * Great Danes/Store danskere (2005) – Film director * My Beirut (2005) – Film Director
== Awards == {| class="wikitable" !Film !Year !Category !Film festival |- | rowspan="6" |''War Photographer'' | 2020 |Nominee Robert Best Documentary
Shared with: Katrine Sahlstrøm (producer) |Danish Film Awards (Robert) |- |2020 | |Prague, One World Human Rights Film Festival |- |2019 | |Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage |- |2019 | |Leipzig, Festival for Documentary and Animation |- |2019 | |São Paulo, Int. Film Festival |- |2019 | |Malmö, Nordisk Panorama |- | rowspan="2" |''Chips & Liver Girls'' |2011 | |Rotterdam, International Film Festival |- |2010 | |CPH:DOX |- | rowspan="3" |''Tankograd'' |2011 | |Helsinki, Doc Point Documentary Film Festival |- |2010 | |Hot Docs International Documentary Festival<ref>[https://www.hotdocs.ca/archive/films/tankograd "Tankograd"]. ''Hotdocs 2010''. Retrieved on 5 May 2020</ref> |- |2009 |Nominee Amnesty Award |CPH:DOX |- |''Diplomacy- the responsibility to protect'' |2008 | |Odense Internationale Film Festival |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.goodcompanypictures.com/boris-benjamin-bertram Official website] * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567009/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Boris Benjamin Bertram] on IMDb
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bertram, Boris Benjamin}} Category:Danish documentary film directors Category:Film directors from Copenhagen Category:1971 births Category:Danish film producers Category:Living people Category:Roskilde University alumni