Mag. Dirk van den Berg

In his films, Dirk narrates the "adventure of the real". After graduating with Andrea Camilleri in Rome, and a decade in fictional film, he shifted to documentaries. In 2017, with THE SIEGE OF MECCA he uncovered the battle for the Great Mosque of Mecca that changed world history in 1979 and led to the birth of religious terrorism. His film BIG BANG OF THE PRESENT showed why the year 1979 marked the beginning of our era. Dirk is currently working on DOOMSDAY, about the greatest man-made threats to mankind.

development, co-ordination and production of a major international television broadcast project for the Centenary of World War I (26 co-producers attached, distribution in dozens of territories)

mediating, line- and associate producing, planning, shooting and organizing this international feature documentary co-production, helmed by Academy Award winning director Nigel Noble.

Executive Producer, Head of Development

Entwicklung, Regie und Produktion von TV- und Radiosendungen (serielle und Einzelformate); neuer Formate; teilweise eigene Durchführung als Moderator und Präsentator

Together with Mittelfest inventor and first director Giorgio Pressburger, I worked on the Festival's international profile and program. selected prominent works from 6 countries and headed the artistical organisation and logistic structure.

film and stage directing, mise-en-scene, authoring and dramaturgy, next to film, theater and opera production

Shostakovich and Prokoviev and their influence on Russian film music and beyond.