Mentors

Mentors for Greenhouse: Development of Documentary Films on the theme of Racism & Human Rights

In the past 4 years, Greenhouse has worked with leading experts in the field of documentary filmmaking, these experts are serving as personal mentors to the GH participants, and offer them guidance and consultation. The mentors are accompanying the participants through the development process of their projects throughout the yearly GH program.

John Appel

John Appel has worked as a professional cameraman/director since '87. An an independent filmmaker Appel directed more than 30 documentaries for cinema and television. Worked as a cameraman on more than 50 documentaries.

Bruni Burres

Executive Producer
Pivot Pictures/International Center for Transitional Justice

In April 2008 Bruni Burres joined the International Center for Transitional Justice (www.ictj.org) to create and launch Pivot Pictures; an initiative to use media to further the interests of transitional justice through the creation of excellent media and the subsequent dissemination of this media to effect social change.

Nenad Puhovski

nenad Nenad Puhovski was born in Zagreb where he graduated sociology, philosophy and film directing.

He made his first film, amateur film, when he was 15. As a professional director, he directed more that 250 productions in theater, film and television. His documentary films deal with social problems and fine arts. Many of them have been screened and awarded worldwide.

In 1997, Puhovski founded FACTUM, which soon became the largest and most influential independent documentary film production in Croatia. He produced over 60 documentary films which were screened and awarded all around the globe. He also received four awards for the best production at the Croatian national film festival.

Steven Seidenberg

In his 27 years in documentary television Steven Seidenberg has been a producer, creator, head of development & script editor. Steven has wide experience in all documentary genres. As a producer he has worked in history programming (e.g. THE TRIAL OF GEORGE WASHNGTON, HITLER'S DEATH, and NAPOLEON'S OBSESSION), the sciences (e.g. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, with Stephen Hawking, directed by Errol Morris, creative director Steven Spielberg), as well as examinations of ethical and moral issues (e.g. HYPOTHETICALS, with Arthur Miller).

Hans Robert Eisenhauer

After his studies in Political Science in Heidelberg, he worked as an assistant and scientific collaborator of the Minister of Finance in Bonn. Until 1979 he also worked as an assistant to several Members of Parliament and as free lance journalist for print media and radio. At the end of 1979 change of „profession“ and place, first, dramatic adviser then producer of television programmes in Berlin.

Mentors

John Appel

Bruni Burres

Nenad Puhovski

Steven Seidenberg

Hans Robert Eisenhauer

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