John Burgan
Mentor @Nipkow Programm E.V
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WORK HISTORY
Mentor @Nipkow Programm E.V
Berlin, DE
EDUCATION
Nipkow Programme, Berlin
Fellowship
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
BA (Hons)
National Film & Television School (NFTS), UK
MA/MFA equivalent
SKILLS
ABOUT JOHN BURGAN
Writer, director, editor & educator, working mainly in the documentary field. After training at the BBC & the NFTS, based in Berlin, Germany (19••••06; 2015 - present); European Film College, Denmark (2006-8); Aberystwyth University (2008-10); University of South Wales (2010-15); Programme Leader, MA Documentary, Met Film School, Berlin (2017-22); faculty at ZeLIG, Italy; Mentor, Nipkow Programme, Berlin. Co-Host, The D-Word (2005-18). Films as Writer/Director POWER & PLACE (2010) Essay on sustainable energy commissioned by the Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales. FRIENDLY ENEMY ALIEN (ZDF 2006) Feature-length documentary. Parallel stories of German and Afghan refugees in Australia. BEHIND WORDS (MDR/Network Migration, 2005) Feature-length documentary. Forced migration and ethnic cleansing in twentieth century Europe. MEMORY OF BERLIN (ZDF 1998) Feature-length documentary essay. Part autobiography, part city portrait. Screening in the \"Planète Marker\" retrospective, Paris December 2013. CHEKHOV\'S CLOSE-UPS (European Film Academy/Nipkow Programme, 1995) Masterclass for actors with Istvan Szabo & Tilda Swinton. Directed various corporate videos (e.g. IBM Germany) & edited several music clips during my time in Berlin. As Writer Selected commentary of \"Memory of Berlin\" published in \"Grand Street: Berlin\" (New York, Various contributions (\"JP Gorin\";\"Robert Vas\";\"The Back of Beyond\") to the \"Encyclopaedia of the Documentary Film\" ed. Ian Aitken (New York and London: Routledge, 2006)
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