Patrick Weinert, *1994 (IMDB) & Dennis Weinert. *1992 (IMDB) are independent filmmakers, whose scope of work spans producing, writing, directing, cinematography and editing.
FILMOGRAPHY
2025 Along the Mekong by Motorbike / documentary, 2x 45' / NDR, WDR, ARD Mediathek / writers, directors, camera, co-editors with Max Kerkhoff, producers
2024 Visionary Mission (Der Blindenheiler) / documentary, 30' / NZZ Format, SRF1, 3sat, DW / writers, directors, camera, editors, co-produced with NZZ Format
2023 Inside Myanmar's Revolution / documentary, 45' & 30' / NZZ Format, SRF1, 3sat / writers, directors, camera, editors, co-produced with NZZ Format
2022 Nepal - a Journey from West to East / documentary, 65' & 45' / NDR & ARD Mediathek / writers, directors, camera, editors, producers
2022 Myanmar - Resisting the Junta / reportage, 20' & 12' / ZDF, Deutsche Welle, Phoenix / writers, directors, camera, editors, producers
2021 The Return of the Taliban / Afghanistan / documentary, 30' / NZZ Format, SRF1, 3sat / writers, directors, camera, editors
2020 3sat Ab18! - Beyond our Horizon (Hinter unserem Horizont) / DE & VN / essay documentary, 36' / ZDF & 3sat / writers, directors, camera, editors, producers (nominated for a Grimme award)
2020 Nepal - Dr. Sanduk Ruit cures the Blind / reportage, 12' / Deutsche Welle / writers, directors, camera, editors, producers
2019 D.R. Congo - Ebola returns / reportage, 24' / arte / writers, directors, camera, editors (received a Peter Scholl-Latour award)
Y-KOLLEKTIV, FUNK (ARD & ZDF) / HOSTED REPORTAGE SERIES
2021 Child Labour in Pakistan, 16′ / writers, directors, camera, editors (received a Helmut Schmidt Journalist Award)
2019 Recycling Myths, Germany & Indonesia, 24′ / Co-written, directed, filmed and edited with Antonia Lilly Schanze
2019 Day Labourers in India, 17′ / writers, directors, camera, editors
2018 Bomb Disposal Squads in Afghanistan, 14′ / writers, directors, camera, editors
2018 State-sanctioned Murder, Philippines, 21′ / writers, directors, camera, editors
2018 Worker’s Rights on Mount Everest, Nepal, 20′ / writers, directors, camera, editors
2018 Among Warlords, Central African Republic, 12′ / writers, directors, camera
2017 Rohingya – Myanmar’s persecuted Muslims, 13′ / writers, directors, camera, editors (nominated for a German Web Video Award)
2017 Crystal Meth in Cambodia, 14′ / writers, directors, camera, editors
2017 Queer in India, 16′ / writers, directors, camera, editors
2017 Sex and Slavery in Dubai, 12′ / writers, directors, camera
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2021 Helmut Schmidt Journalist Award for "Child Labour in Pakistan" (1st prize, category newcomer)
2021 Grimme Award, "Beyond Our Horizon" (nomination)
2021 Newport Beach Film Fest, "Beyond Our Horizon" (official selection)
2021 International Film Festival Graz, "Beyond Our Horizon" (official selection)
2020 Peter Scholl-Latour Award for Conflict and Crisis Reporting for "D.R. Congo: Ebola Returns"
2020 doxs! Große Klappe Award, "Beyond Our Horizon" (nomination)
2020 Duisburger Filmwoche, "Beyond Our Horizon" (official selection)
2018 Top 30 Journalists under 30 Years of Age, medium-magazine
2018 German Web Video Award, "Rohingya: Myanmar's Persecuted Muslims" (nomination)
2016 Filippas Engel Award for Civic Engagement
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 Resilienz / photography book, 232 pages, DIN A4 hardcover, 1st edition, 600 copies / German & English / publisher Weinert Brothers Limited / authors, photographers, editors
2015 A World in Distress / photography book, 220 pages, DIN A4 hardcover, limited edition, 500 copies / German & English / publisher Weinert Brothers / authors, photographers, editors
TRAININGS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 doku.klasse scholarship of the doxs! Filmwoche Duisburg
2019 hostile environments and first aid course (HEFAT), Malaysia, funding provided by funk (ARD & ZDF)
2019 Directing Masterclass by Trần Anh Hùng, on invitation by Trần Anh Hùng, scholarship provided by Goethe Institute Vietnam
EXHIBITIONS
2015 Ostrale Dresden '15 / A World in Distress