© Ahmed El Itani
- Director
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About Dirk van den Berg
A director / writer / producer with vast international experience, DIRK VAN DEN BERG specializes in complex subjects from difficult territories that have an impact on the world.
Dirk's 2019 international feature "1979 BIG BANG OF THE PRESENT" is roller-coaster documentary about the pivotal events and protagonists that in 1979 gave birth to our present time. The film was co-produced by Dirk's OUTREMER FILM and Pascal Verroust's Paris-based K2 PRODUCTIONS, and co-financed by ARTE, RBB, TVP Poland, ORF and NRK. It is already distributed in more than two dozen countries by Cologne-based world-sales NEW DOCS. For more details: http://1979bigbang.com
In 2018 Dirk directed the critically-acclaimed investigative documentary "1979 THE SIEGE OF MECCA". Five years in the making, "MECCA" dives into Arabia's darkest secret and greatest taboo: the hijacking of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's holiest shrine, that ultimately marked the beginning of religiously motivated Islamist terrorism as we know it today. Produced jointly by OUTREMER FILM and K2-PRODUCTIONS, the film is supported by ARTE France, NDR, WDR, HR, RBB, ORF, FFHSH Hamburg Film Found and INA France; PBS International handles world sales. For more details: http://mecca1979.com
Other films Dirk directed and produced in recent years are: "JAMMING ADDIS", "GUZO - THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC", and "KASHMIR - INDIA'S CROWN JEWEL".
Dirk's 2019 international feature "1979 BIG BANG OF THE PRESENT" is roller-coaster documentary about the pivotal events and protagonists that in 1979 gave birth to our present time. The film was co-produced by Dirk's OUTREMER FILM and Pascal Verroust's Paris-based K2 PRODUCTIONS, and co-financed by ARTE, RBB, TVP Poland, ORF and NRK. It is already distributed in more than two dozen countries by Cologne-based world-sales NEW DOCS. For more details: http://1979bigbang.com
In 2018 Dirk directed the critically-acclaimed investigative documentary "1979 THE SIEGE OF MECCA". Five years in the making, "MECCA" dives into Arabia's darkest secret and greatest taboo: the hijacking of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's holiest shrine, that ultimately marked the beginning of religiously motivated Islamist terrorism as we know it today. Produced jointly by OUTREMER FILM and K2-PRODUCTIONS, the film is supported by ARTE France, NDR, WDR, HR, RBB, ORF, FFHSH Hamburg Film Found and INA France; PBS International handles world sales. For more details: http://mecca1979.com
Other films Dirk directed and produced in recent years are: "JAMMING ADDIS", "GUZO - THE ORIGIN OF MUSIC", and "KASHMIR - INDIA'S CROWN JEWEL".
Basic data
| Nationality | German |
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| Languages | English French German Italian Spanish |
| Experience abroad | Middle East: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia North America: Canada, USA East Africa: Ethiopia Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine Southern Europe: Balearic Islands, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Vatican City Southeast Asia: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan Western Europe: Austria, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, Undited Kingdom |
| Own equipment | 1k & 4k complete camera equipment (SONY mirrorless 2018), editing hard- and software (various platforms) |
| Education | - high school degree in Germany (1984) - Music Academy "Santa Cecilia" Rome, Italy (1985) - National Academy of Drama "Silvio D'Amico" in Rome, Italy; graduated as a director (in 1992) - University "La Sapienza" in Rome, Italy; MA in Media Sciences and Cinema (in 1992) - extensive experience as an opera and theater director - extensive experience as a writer and presenter of public radio - extensive experience as a content developer for tv and cinema |
| Further references | I founded my own production company OUTREMER FILM GMBH in Berlin, Germany with the purpose to create documentary and investigative films with extraordinary protagonists and unusual subjects that have an impact on the world. The name "OUTREMER" comes from the ancient French word that once stood for mankind's pursuit of the things that appear unreachable, the dreams that one can discover only going on a journey beyond the horizon of the known world. |
| Preferred place of work | International productions in the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, the Mediterranean (that's pure luxury), often with projects located in "risk areas" such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia etc. (to see what I mean please read my resume). |
| Immediate working area | Berlin |
| 1st residence (federal state or country) | Germany - Berlin |
| 2nd residence (if applicable) | Paris, Rome |
| Accommodation possibilities | Amman, Balearic Islands, Damascus, Düsseldorf, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Munich, New York, other city, Palermo, Paris, Vienna |
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