Juerg Neuenschwander
Juerg Neuenschwander (born 1953) is a Swiss independent documentary film director, film producer, politician and founding member of Container TV AG for film and television in Bern, Switzerland. He is a media consultant and lecturer in film and audiovisual design; director of short and feature-length documentary films, of artistic projects and interactive Multimedia productions. Career. Documentary films Juerg Neuenschwander has made a name for himself with cinematic documentaries such as "früher oder später" (sooner or later), "Kräuter und Kräfte" (The Power of Healing), and "Q – Begegnungen auf der Milchstrasse" (Encounters on the Milky Way). He developed and  directed a community TV project in Bern's "Tscharnergut neighbourhood". He worked on location in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, China (Tibet), Mali, Nepal, Switzerland and the US. Lectureships, professorships Juerg Neuenschwander is an expert and consultant in visual communication, he teaches film studies at Bern University of the Art, a Department of Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland, (1999 – 2016), and at the College of Design & Innovation D&I, Tongji University, Shanghai, China (visiting professor, 2009 – 2015). 1999 – 2008 Founder and director of the Media Lab at Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland. 2016 Juerg Neuenschwander has got a  call under the Recruitment Program of Global Experts” (上海千人计划) for three years as an Overseas High-Level Talent National Chair Professor at the College of Arts & Media 艺术于传媒学院 at Tongji University, Shanghai. Memberships 1987 - 1995, member of the Film Commission of the Canton of Berne 2005 - 2008, member of Expert Committee for Non-fiction of Zürich Film Foundation (Zürcher Filmstiftung). Select filmography. Feature-length documentaries Television productions, short documentaries Awards