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词条 Amit Breuer
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Selected projects

     Production filmography  Direction filmography  Television and transmedia 

  4. Awards

  5. Other ventures

  6. References

  7. External links

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}}Amit Breuer is a Canadian-Israeli documentary filmmaker and producer.[1][2] She is the founder of Amythos Media, formerly known as Amythos Films.[3]

Early life

Amit Breuer was born in Israel and received her Bachelor of Arts in general history of art from the Tel-Aviv University in 1983.[3][4] Following her graduation, Breuer studied cinematography at Beit Tzvi Institute of Cinema, Ramat Gan.[4]

Career

Breuer founded Amythos Films, an Israeli independent documentary production company, in 1993.[3] In 2004, she moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and brought her company with her.[3] The company was later renamed Amythos Media. Amythos Media has produced award-winning documentaries including Testimonies, St. Jean, On the Edge of Peace, The Guantanamo Trap, Sentenced to Marriage, Junction, Checkpoint, and Purity.[5]

In 2006, Breuer cofounded the Voices Forward Festival with Stacey Donen, which they aimed to build a bridge between Israeli and Palestinian communities.[6] The festival featured movies, art exhibits, music performances, lectures and plays.[7] Amit served as the artistic director until 2009.[8]

In 2006, Amit Breuer co-founded the DocAgora Association, an organization that hosts events and forums on the documentary film industry at festivals and markets worldwide.[9] She also served as the association's president until 2009.

Breuer produced Planet Sin, a series of short films centered around the seven deadly sins in 2011.[10][11] The shorts were screened at Shorts Under the Stars in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[10] Later that year, she co-produced Love Letters to the Future, a transmedia project designed to send messages about climate change to future generations.[3]

Selected projects

Production filmography

  • Exile: A Myth Unearthed (2012)[12][13]
  • The Guantanamo Trap (2011)[2][14][15]
  • Kurt Masur: Adventures in Listening (2008)[12]
  • Le Blues de l'Orient/Between Two Notes (2006)[1]
  • Mekudeshet/Sentenced to Marriage (2004)[1][16][17]
  • The Junction (Video Documentary) (2003)[12]
  • Checkpoint (2003)[1][2]
  • Tehora/Purity: Breaking the Codes of Silence (2002)[2]
  • Human Weapon (2002)[18][19]
  • Sumud (2001)
  • The Specialist (1999)[1][4]
  • King David Hotel, Jerusalem (1998)
  • Baba Luba (1996)
  • All Hell Broke Loose (1995)
  • Mendelssohn Returns to Leipzig (1994)[4][20][21]
  • On the Edge of Peace (1994)[5]
  • Itgabar/He Will Overcome (1993)[4]
  • St. Jean (Documentary) (1993)[22]
  • Testimonies (1993)[4]
  • The Unpromised Land (1992)[4]

Direction filmography

  • Kurt Masur: Adventures in Listening (2008)[12]
  • Introitus short (2006) Director[23]

Television and transmedia

  • My September 11 (2011) Producer
  • Seven Sins/Planet Sin (2011) Producer[15]
  • Love Letters to the Future (2009) Producer, Co-Creator[3]

Awards

In 1993, St. Jean won Best Documentary for the Wolgin Award for Israeli Cinema, Jerusalem film Festival and the Israel Academy Awards.[5][22] Human Weapon was featured in the Middle East Studies Association FilmFest and won Special Commendation from Prix Europa in 2002.[18]

In 2003, Checkpoint won many awards including Best International Documentary at the Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival; best feature-length documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam; the Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival; and the Docupolis Award for Best Documentary in Barcelona Docupolis.[24][25][26] Later that year, Purity won the Fipa d'Or Award for Creative Documentary; the International Documentary Film Festival's Special Documentary Award; the Jerusalem Internal Film Festival's Mayor Award for Best Documentary Film; the SCAM Prize's Discovery of the Year; and both the Citizens Prize and Special Prize from the Yamagata International Documentary Film.[27]

Love Letters to the Future won two Webby Awards for the Green Category and the People's Choice Award in 2010. It also won a Gemini award for Best Non-fiction Series Online.[2][28] In 2011, The Guantanamo Trap won the Best Canadian Documentary Award from the National Film Board of Canada and the Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs Film Festival.[14]

Other ventures

In 2001, Breuer served as a member of the jury to select award winners for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[29]

She also served as a moderator in 2012 and a presenter in 2013 at South By Southwest, an annual film, interactive media and music festival in Austin, Texas.[30][31] She has also served as a juror for the CPH DOX Copenhagen Amnesty Award.[30]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/267148/Amit-Breuer/filmography|title=Amit Breuer Filmography|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=12 February 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://euromedaudiovisuel.net/gpp.aspx?t=part&mid=168&l=en&did=16855|title=Participants|publisher=Euromed Audiovisual|accessdate=12 February 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.transmedia-storytelling-berlin.de/2011/12/transmedia-storytelling-around-the-world-amit-breuer/|title=Transmedia Storytelling around the world: Amit Breuer|publisher=TMSB|accessdate=12 February 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sfjff.org/film/biography?id=1943&last=Breuer&first=Amit&role=Producer|title=Amit Breuer - Biography|publisher=San Francisco Jewish Film Festival|accessdate=18 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224164628/http://sfjff.org/film/biography?id=1943&last=Breuer&first=Amit&role=Producer#|archive-date=2010-12-24|dead-url=yes|df=}}
5. ^{{cite web|url= http://icarusfilms.com/new98/onedgepc.html|title=On the Edge of Peace|publisher=Icarus Films|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/on-hold/awards/voices-forward-film-festival |title=Voices Forward Film Festival |publisher=Israel Film Festival |accessdate=18 February 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222145735/http://www.israelfilmcenter.org/israeli-film-database/films/on-hold/awards/voices-forward-film-festival |archivedate=22 February 2014 }}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2008/11/12/festival_spurs_dialogue_between_israelis_and_palestinians.html|title=Festival spurs dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians|publisher=The Star|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=6034|title=See Oscar-nominated Palestinian film March 2|publisher=York University|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/dispatch_from_idfa_new_docagora_considers_distribution_and_digital_media_at|title=New DocAgora Considers Distribution and Digital Media at 1st Event|publisher=IndieWire|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bravofact.com/2011/09/21/seven-sins-lust-2011/|title=Seven Sins: Lust (2011)|publisher=Bravo Fact|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gat.ca/2011/04/26/bravo-turns-into-%E2%80%98sin-central%E2%80%99-as-seven-canadian-auteurs-interpret-the-seven-deadly-sins-to-be-featured-in-a-special-new-hour-long-series-in-short-world-broadcast-premiere-bravo/ |title=Bravo Turns Into 'Sin Central' |publisher=GAT |accessdate=18 February 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222191913/http://www.gat.ca/2011/04/26/bravo-turns-into-%E2%80%98sin-central%E2%80%99-as-seven-canadian-auteurs-interpret-the-seven-deadly-sins-to-be-featured-in-a-special-new-hour-long-series-in-short-world-broadcast-premiere-bravo/ |archivedate=22 February 2014 }}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0108022/|title=Amit Breuer|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nfb.ca/film/exile_a_myth_unearthed|title=Exile - A Myth Unearthed|publisher=National Film Board|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.guantanamotrap.com/en/ |title=Guantanamo Trap |accessdate=18 February 2014 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.criticizethis.ca/2011/05/seven-canadian-filmmakers.html |title=Seven filmmakers exhibit their version of the Seven Deadly Sins in new series |publisher=Criticize This |accessdate=18 February 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223202355/http://www.criticizethis.ca/2011/05/seven-canadian-filmmakers.html |archivedate=23 February 2014 }}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=e2d5773d-0b96-428d-8f89-ea069adfff88|title=Sentenced to Marriage|publisher=International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam|accessdate=18 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225080403/http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=e2d5773d-0b96-428d-8f89-ea069adfff88#|archive-date=2014-02-25|dead-url=yes|df=}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fandango.com/sentencedtomarriage_v327134/castandcrew|title=Sentenced to Marriage - Cast and Crew|publisher=Fandango|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tamouzmedia.com/human_weapon_movie.htm|title=Human Weapon|publisher=Tamouz Media|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/human-weapon/cast/136871|title=Human Weapon|publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/topic/person/yuja-wang-mendelssohn-returns-to-leipzig-video-sRhoAxvFNNU-71410-41.html|title=Mendelssohn Returns to Leipzig|publisher=First Post|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
21. ^{{cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/mendelssohn-returns-to-leipzig/oclc/780089194|title=Mendelssohn returns to Leipzig|publisher=WorldCat|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=985c06f4-3670-42e2-81e2-692651cd0abc|title=St. Jean|publisher=International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam|accessdate=18 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225080234/http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=985c06f4-3670-42e2-81e2-692651cd0abc#|archive-date=2014-02-25|dead-url=yes|df=}}
23. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.robertominczuk.com/page1.aspx|title=Roberto Minczuk|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
24. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aa9_1380006402|title=Checkpoint - Every Day Life in Palestine (Documentary)|publisher=Live Leak|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
25. ^{{cite web|url=http://undergrounddocumentaries.com/tag/checkpoint-documentary/|title=Checkpoint: Everyday Life in Israel|publisher=Underground Documentaries|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalfilmnetwork.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=628|title=Checkpoint (2003)|publisher=National Film Network|accessdate=18 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224214747/http://www.nationalfilmnetwork.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=628#|archive-date=2014-02-24|dead-url=yes|df=}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.moviefone.com/movie/purity/17866/synopsis |title=Purity (2003) |publisher=MovieFone |accessdate=18 February 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226193510/http://www.moviefone.com/movie/purity/17866/synopsis |archivedate=26 February 2014 }}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.argn.com/2010/05/2010_webby_winners_announced_letters_to_the_future_district_9_and_true_blood_take_home_honors/|title=2010 Webby Winners Announced: Letters to the Future, District 9, and True Blood Take Home Honors|publisher=ARGNet|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
29. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.idfa.nl/industry/festival/award-winners-juries.aspx|title=Award Winners and Juries 1988-2013|publisher=International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam|accessdate=18 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225080954/http://www.idfa.nl/industry/festival/award-winners-juries.aspx|archive-date=2014-02-25|dead-url=yes|df=}}
30. ^{{cite web|url=http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_FP990326|title=When Filmmakers Meet Interactive Teams|publisher=SXSW|accessdate=18 February 2014}}
31. ^{{cite web|url=http://schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/event_IAP993194|title=New Storytelling with Canadian Broadcasters|publisher=SXSW|accessdate=18 February 2014}}

External links

  • Amythos Media
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