{{short description|American film director}}
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{{Infobox person | name = Torben Bernhard | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1983|3|05}} | birth_place = Kalamazoo, Michigan | birth_name = | occupation = film director, producer, cinematographer, rap artist | spouse = Marissa Bernhard | website = http://www.torbenbernhard.com/ }}
'''Torben Bernhard''' (born March 5, 1983) is an American documentary filmmaker and rap artist originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and currently residing in Orem, Utah. Bernhard has written and directed documentary films and has additionally worked as a producer and cinematographer.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2662049/ Torben Bernhard] at IMDb</ref> He is part of the OHO Media film collective with his wife Marissa Bernhard and frequent collaborator Travis Low.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.docnyc.net/film/home-movies-other-memories/ | title=Home Movies & Other Memories }}</ref>
Bernhard’s films include the feature-length documentary on polyartist Alex Caldiero entitled “The Sonosopher: Alex Caldiero in Life...in Sound,” which was an official selection at the 2010 Cinequest Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinequest.org/event_view.php?eid=1401 |title=Cinequest : Film Festival : THE SONOSOPHER: ALEX CALDIERO IN LIFE...IN SOUND |accessdate=2013-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130414134355/http://www.cinequest.org/event_view.php?eid=1401 |archivedate=April 14, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He and his OHO Media cohorts created the documentary shorts ''Tarkio Balloon'',<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1735468/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> ''Scavenger'',<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2576474/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> and ''Boomtown'' (co-directed with Travis Low.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316485/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> These three shorts are among the five-part Lost and Found Series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lostandfoundseries.com/ |title=Lost and Found Series |accessdate=2013-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605071900/http://lostandfoundseries.com/ |archivedate=June 5, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The shorts were official selections at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival over three successive years, beginning with Tarkio Balloon in 2011,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.selectiveecho.com/utah-short-film-tarkio-balloon-by-torben-bernhard-to-premiere-at-big-sky-documentary-film-festival/ | title=Selective Echo }}</ref> Boomtown in 2012,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.selectiveecho.com/utah-short-film-boomtown-by-torben-bernhard-travis-low-to-premiere-at-big-sky-documentary-film-festival/ | title=Selective Echo }}</ref> and Scavenger in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.selectiveecho.com/scavenger-becomes-3rd-lost-and-found-series-film-to-premiere-at-big-sky-film-fest/ | title=Selective Echo }}</ref>
Bernhard is a member of Kalamazoo, Michigan hip-hop group Mental Elastic Dynasty, which performed at Austin, Texas’ SXSW music festival in 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://hoodhype.com/blog/2012/03/mental-elastic-dynasty-sxsw-2012-recap/ | title=Mental Elastic Dynasty – SXSW 2012 Recap }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mtvu.com/music/interview-with-mental-elastic-dynasty/ | title=Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Pop Culture & Music Videos }}</ref>
==Filmography== *''Wrestling with God: A Three-Way Conversation on Mormonism'' (2008)<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210849/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> *''Tarkio Balloon'' (2010)<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1735468/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> *''The Sonosopher: Alex Caldiero in Life...in Sound'' (2010)<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764693/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> *''Scavenger'' (2012) <ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2576474/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> *''Boomtown'' (2012) (co-directed with Travis Low)<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316485/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=2662049}} *[http://www.thesonosopher.com/ The Sonosopher] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130605071900/http://lostandfoundseries.com/ Lost and Found Series] *[http://vimeo.com/ohomedia OHO Media] at Vimeo *[http://www.facebook.com/mentalelasticdynasty Mental Elastic Dynasty] at Facebook
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