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Amit Breuer
Born
Israel
EducationTel-Aviv University, 1983
Beit Tzvi Institute of Cinema
Occupation(s)Documentary filmmaker
Producer
Known forFounder of Amythos Media

Amit Breuer (Hebrew: עמית ברויאר) 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

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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 Zvi Institute of Cinema, Ramat Gan.[4]

Career

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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

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Production filmography

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Direction filmography

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

Television and transmedia

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

Awards

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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] 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.[26]

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][27] 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

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In 2001, Breuer served as a member of the jury to select award winners for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.[28]

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.[29][30] She has also served as a juror for the CPH DOX Copenhagen Amnesty Award.[29]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Amit Breuer Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Participants". Euromed Audiovisual. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Transmedia Storytelling around the world: Amit Breuer". TMSB. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Amit Breuer - Biography". San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-12-24. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "On the Edge of Peace". Icarus Films. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Voices Forward Film Festival". Israel Film Festival. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Festival spurs dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians". The Star. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  8. ^ "See Oscar-nominated Palestinian film March 2". York University. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  9. ^ "New DocAgora Considers Distribution and Digital Media at 1st Event". IndieWire. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Seven Sins: Lust (2011)". Bravo Fact. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Bravo Turns Into 'Sin Central'". GAT. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  12. ^ a b c d "Amit Breuer". IMDb. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  13. ^ "Exile - A Myth Unearthed". National Film Board. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  14. ^ a b "Guantanamo Trap". Retrieved 18 February 2014.[permanent dead link‍]
  15. ^ a b "Seven filmmakers exhibit their version of the Seven Deadly Sins in new series". Criticize This. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  16. ^ "Sentenced to Marriage". International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  17. ^ "Sentenced to Marriage - Cast and Crew". Fandango. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  18. ^ a b "Human Weapon". Tamouz Media. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  19. ^ "Human Weapon". TV Guide. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  20. ^ "Mendelssohn Returns to Leipzig". First Post. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  21. ^ Mendelssohn returns to Leipzig. WorldCat. OCLC 780089194. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  22. ^ a b "St. Jean". International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  23. ^ "Roberto Minczuk". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  24. ^ "Checkpoint: Everyday Life in Israel". Underground Documentaries. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  25. ^ "Checkpoint (2003)". National Film Network. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  26. ^ "Purity (2003)". MovieFone. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  27. ^ "2010 Webby Winners Announced: Letters to the Future, District 9, and True Blood Take Home Honors". ARGNet. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  28. ^ "Award Winners and Juries 1988-2013". International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  29. ^ a b "When Filmmakers Meet Interactive Teams". SXSW. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  30. ^ "New Storytelling with Canadian Broadcasters". SXSW. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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