Vadim Jendreyko
| Vadim Jendreyko Producer and Director | |
| 1965 | born in Bremen, since 1969 in Switzerland, father of two children, lives in Basel |
| 1982 | Studies at Kunstakademie Art Academy Düsseldorf |
| 1983 - 1986 | Activity as assistant director, camera assistant and editing assistant in Germany and Switzerland |
| since 1986 | Activity as director, essentially for documentary films |
| 1991 | Visiting lecturer at Ecole d'art de Lausanne DAVI, Section Cinema |
| 2002 | Foundation of Mira Film GmbH |
| Activities (Selection) | |
| 2006 | Co-producer «Geheiligtes Gebein» Doc-Film by Dominik Wessely, Production Filmtank Hamburg |
| 2004 - 2006 | Live Direction at div. theater and dance festivals in co-production with Performing Arts Services, Basel and Cyrcle X Arts, London |
| 1991/92 | Production manager «La Maison du Lion», Sana’al Jemen. Production: UNESCO |
| 1991 | Initiator of the Kailash Project, a self-managed audiovisual institution for the Tibetan Exile Community in the North of India |
| 1989 - 2004 | Assistant director, light design and sound recordist for feature film productions by Clemens Klopfenstein, e.g. «Stones, Storm and Water», «Das Schweigen der Männer» (Swiss Film Prize 1998), «Wer Angst Wolf» and «Die Vogelpredigt» |
| 1989 - 1993 | Director of the Internationale Seminare für Filmgestaltung (ISFG) in Basel |
| 1988 - 2006 | Light design for div. theater productions, e.g. «Die Bakchen», «Zauberei im Herbst», «Jugend ohne Gott» and «Antigone» of Od Theater Basel and Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf |
| Filmography (Selection) | |
| 2009 | «Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten» documentary film 90 Min. Mira Film GmbH in co-production with Filmtank, Swiss Television SF, ZDF/3sat |
| 2004 | «Leistung am Limit» 53 Min. TV-Doc SF DRS, Prod. Mira Film GmbH. Screened on SF1 and 3sat |
| 2003 | „Transit– Zürich Flughafen“ 54 Min. TV-Doc SF DRS, Prod. Mira Film GmbH (Best of Dok SF DRS 2003) |
| 2001 | „Bashkim“, Documentary, 85 Min., Produktion Carac Film AG (Swiss Film Award, best Documentary 2002) Screened on SF 1, SF 2, TSI, TSI, 3 Sat, and ARD. Festivals (Selection): Visions du Réel Nyon, IDFA (Amsterdam), International Filmfestival RIDM Montreal, International Filmfestival Edinburgh, South Film Festival Ashkelon Israel, Festival International du Film FIFAP/UNESCO. |
| 1995 - 1998 | Several TV Doc-Films in Coproduction with NDR and Hess. Rundfunk (among others: Award of the Bundesumweltministeriums for „Kork“, Oekomedia-Award 2000) |
| 1994 / 1997 | „Auf dem Weg durchs Exil“,documentary 40 Min., Prod. Kailash / Indien |
| 1989 | «Der Koffer», 18 Min. Elta Film, Basel |
| 1986 | «Exiltibeter zwischen zwei Kulturen», 60 Min. Elta Film, Basel |
| Awards | |
| 2009 | Prix Spécial SRG SSR idée suisse of the international Jury, Prix SSA/Suissimage for the best Swiss Film and a special mention from the interreligious jury for "The Woman with the 5 Elephants" at the international film festival "Visions du Réel" in Nyon. |
| 2002 | Swiss Film Award, best Documentary 2002 for "Bashkim" |
| 2000 | Award of the Bundesumweltministerium (Germany) for „Kork“ |
| Oekomedia-Award for "Kork" |