Brigitte Berman

German born Brigitte Berman is an Academy Award-winning producer/director/writer who graduated from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where she studied English and Film. She was also a resident in writing and directing at the prestigious Canadian Film Centre.

Berman has worked in the film and television industry for over 20 years, producing and directing more than 100 documentaries, both independently and for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. A number of her documentaries have won major international awards.

Brigitte has also written, produced, and directed theatrical and television feature dramas. Her most recent film, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel, opens in theatres across Canada in 2010, and is being showcased at major international film festivals, as well as at NYC’s Museum of Modern Art. Her filmography includes BIX: ‘Ain’t None of Them Play Like Him Yet,’ the Academy Award-winning Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got, and The Circle Game.