Jacob Berger

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Jacob Berger
Born	1963 Gloucestershire, England
Occupation	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1990 - present

Jacob Berger (born 1963) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His 1990 film Angels was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

Biography

Jacob Berger is of English and Swiss descent, born in Lydney, England, in 1963. Jacob Berger is the son of the English author John Berger.

After studying at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and a first short film titled A Name for Her Desire, Jacob Berger filmed his first full-length motion picture, Angels, in Barcelona, with Steve Weber, Belinda Becker, Féodor Atkine and Angela Molina. The film was presented for official competition at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1990.

In 1991 he produced a TV movie, Jour Blanc, in the Swiss Alps with Heinz Benent, Jean-Yves Berteloot et Fabienne Périneau. The film won the Prix de la Fiction at the Antibes Film Festival.

Selected filmography

Angels (1990)
A Loving Father (2002)

References

↑ "Berlinale: 1990 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-16.

External links

Jacob Berger at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Berger, Jacob
Alternative names
Short description	Film director, Screenwriter
Date of birth	1963
Place of birth	Gloucestershire, England
Date of death
Place of death

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