Bettina Walter

Bettina Stephanie Walter (born February 13, 1971) is a German documentary film producer.

Her works as producer include The Forum (German: Das Forum, winner of the 2020 German Business Film Prize (de)), Falciani's Tax Bomb (nominated for the 2015 German Film Award for Best Documentary Film and the Grimme Online Award for Best Documentary), Google and the World Brain (official selection in the Sundance World Cinema competition), and The Light Bulb Conspiracy (es) (winner of the 2011 Ondas Award for International Television).

Education and career

Walter graduated with a master's degree in anthropology, politics, romance languages and Latin American studies from the University of Hamburg.

Since 2000, Walter has taught documentary filmmaking, project development and international co-production for several educational institutions including the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the University of Barcelona, the International University of Catalunya, the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg and ECIB Film School of Barcelona.

In 2016, the Goethe-Institut and Documentary Campus in collaboration with Walter and BWP founded Campus Latino, a non-profit training programme for filmmakers from Latin America, Spain, Italy and Portugal. The program focusses on creative development, assists in finding financial partners, and explores "innovative distribution strategies" for the international marketplace.

Her works as coproducer include Theatre of War (Spanish: Teatro de Guerra, winner of the CICAE Award at the Berlin International Film Festival), and Mañana al Mar (winner of the 2006 Prix Europa for Non-Fiction).

Filmography

+ Year Title Role Notes 2005 The Devil's Miner Co-producer Awards Hot Docs FIPRESCI Award Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary Filmmakers Special Mention PBS Independent Lens Audience Award (Nominated) European Film Academy Arte Award 2006 Mañana al Mar Co-producer Awards Prix Europa for Best Non-Fiction Max Ophüls Festival (de) Best Documentary Prize It's All True Sao Paulo Film Festival (pt) Best Documentary Achtung Berlin Film Festival Best Documentary L’Alternativa, Spain Montreal International Documentary Festival 2008 My Life with Carlos Co-producer Awards Hot Docs Audience Top Ten Gramado Film Festival Best International Film Biarritz Latin America Latin Union Documentary Award San Diego Latino Film Festival Best Film (Nominated) Grimme Award 2010 The Light Bulb Conspiracy Producer Awards Premios Ondas for International Television Spanish Television Academy Best Documentary Filmambiente Brazil(es) 'Best Feature Documentary' Festival du Film Vert Suisse Best Environmental Documentary (Nominated) Focal International Awards (Nominated) Prix Europa Best Documentary Festivals World Premiere – Rotterdam International Film Festival 2012 The Lithium Revolution Co-producer Awards Herbert Quandt Award(de)

Festivals IFF World of Knowledge, Official Section. St Petersburg, Russia Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival, Brazil Life Science Festival, Prague, Czech Republic International Science Film Festival Pariscience, France FIFEL Festival International du Film Sur Energie, Switzerland Festival Film Vert, France and Switzerland One Earth Film Festival, Illinois, USA Ahvaz International Science Film Festival, Iran 2013 Google and the World Brain Producer Awards Rincón Film Festival Best Documentary (Nominated) Sundance World Cinema competition

Festivals Dok.Fest Munich 2015 Falciani's Tax Bomb Producer Awards German Business Film Prize (German: Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis) for Best in New Media (Nominated) German Film Award for Best Documentary Film German-French Journalism Award (Nominated) Grimme Online Award for Informative Film 2018 Theatre of War Co-producer Awards CICAE Award at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival BAFICI Best Director Movistar Award (Nominated) Fenix Award for Best Documentary Festivals World Premiere – Berlinale CPH-DOX SXSW 2019 The Forum Producer Awards German Business Film Prize (German: Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis) (Nominated) Rose d’Or Documentary Award Festivals DOK Leipzig IDFA Amsterdam Hot Docs