Awards & Winners

Manfred Becker

Date of Birth 09-March-1960
Place of Birth Wilhelmshaven
(Germany, Lower Saxony)
Nationality Germany, Canada
Also know as Manfred Wilhelm Becker
Profession Film Editor, Screenwriter, Film Director, Television Director, Television Producer, Film Producer, Television Editor
Manfred Becker is a critically acclaimed German-Canadian documentary independent filmmaker and film editor. His work often explores personal stories behind current or historical issues. Born and raised in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, Becker moved to Canada in 1983. Since 2001, Becker has been writing and directing documentaries for television, his latest, a look at the phenomenon of tourists seeking out places of conflict and fear entitled Dark Tourism, being the eighth. In the past decade Becker has written and directed eight documentaries for television, earning him numerous nominations and awards. His film Fatherland won the Donald Brittain Gemini Award in 2006 for Best Documentary and was screened at Hot Docs and several other festivals internationally.

Awards by Manfred Becker

Check all the awards nominated and won by Manfred Becker.

2007


Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Honored for : Fatherland

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Fatherland

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series Thin Ice

1999


Gemini Award for Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series
Honored for : Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows