Alan Berliner (born 1956) is an American independent filmmaker. The
New York Times has described Berliner's work as "powerful, compelling
and bittersweet... full of juicy conflict and contradiction,
innovative in their cinematic technique, unpredictable in their
structures... Alan Berliner illustrates the power of fine art to
transform life."Berliner was born in Brooklyn, and raised in Queens.
Berliner earned in 1977 a BA with highest honors, from Binghamton
University, cinema, and in 1979 MFA (with highest honors) from the
University of Oklahoma, School of Art. He is currently a faculty
member at the New School for Social Research in New York City, where
he teaches a course entitled, "Experiments in Time, Light and
Motion."Berliner's experimental documentary films, First Cousin Once
Removed (2013), Wide Awake, The Sweetest Sound (2001), Nobody's
Business (1996), Intimate Stranger (1991), and The Family Album
(1986), have been broadcast all over the world, and received awards,
prizes, and retrospectives at many major international film festivals.
The San Francisco International Film Festival called Berliner,
“America’s foremost cinematic essayist.†The Florida Film
Festival called him “the modern master of personal documentary
filmmaking.†Over the years, Berliner's films have become part of
the core curriculum for documentary filmmaking and film history
classes at universities worldwide, and are in the permanent
collections of many film societies, festivals, libraries, colleges and
museums. All of his films are in the permanent collection of the
Museum of Modern Art.In July 2013, Berliner was awarded the Freedom of
Expression Award by the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. In 2006,
the International Documentary Association honored him with an
International Trailblazer Award “for creativity, innovation,
originality, and breakthrough in the field of documentary cinema.â€
Berliner had also been a recipient of a Distinguished Achievement
Award from the IDA in 1993. In 2002, the National Foundation for
Jewish Culture presented him with a Cultural Achievement Award in the
Arts, and he was the recipient of the Storyteller Award from the Taos
Talking Picture Film Festival in 2001. Berliner's films have won
awards at many major international film festivals, and he has received
retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art, and many other museums and
film festivals all over the world.
New York Times has described Berliner's work as "powerful, compelling
and bittersweet... full of juicy conflict and contradiction,
innovative in their cinematic technique, unpredictable in their
structures... Alan Berliner illustrates the power of fine art to
transform life."Berliner was born in Brooklyn, and raised in Queens.
Berliner earned in 1977 a BA with highest honors, from Binghamton
University, cinema, and in 1979 MFA (with highest honors) from the
University of Oklahoma, School of Art. He is currently a faculty
member at the New School for Social Research in New York City, where
he teaches a course entitled, "Experiments in Time, Light and
Motion."Berliner's experimental documentary films, First Cousin Once
Removed (2013), Wide Awake, The Sweetest Sound (2001), Nobody's
Business (1996), Intimate Stranger (1991), and The Family Album
(1986), have been broadcast all over the world, and received awards,
prizes, and retrospectives at many major international film festivals.
The San Francisco International Film Festival called Berliner,
“America’s foremost cinematic essayist.†The Florida Film
Festival called him “the modern master of personal documentary
filmmaking.†Over the years, Berliner's films have become part of
the core curriculum for documentary filmmaking and film history
classes at universities worldwide, and are in the permanent
collections of many film societies, festivals, libraries, colleges and
museums. All of his films are in the permanent collection of the
Museum of Modern Art.In July 2013, Berliner was awarded the Freedom of
Expression Award by the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. In 2006,
the International Documentary Association honored him with an
International Trailblazer Award “for creativity, innovation,
originality, and breakthrough in the field of documentary cinema.â€
Berliner had also been a recipient of a Distinguished Achievement
Award from the IDA in 1993. In 2002, the National Foundation for
Jewish Culture presented him with a Cultural Achievement Award in the
Arts, and he was the recipient of the Storyteller Award from the Taos
Talking Picture Film Festival in 2001. Berliner's films have won
awards at many major international film festivals, and he has received
retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art, and many other museums and
film festivals all over the world.
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