Bernd Dost, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bernd Dost

German writer and filmmaker

Date of Birth: 16-May-1939

Place of Birth: Dortmund, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 14-Feb-2015

Profession: writer, journalist, publisher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Bernd Dost (May 16, 1939 in Dortmund – February 14, 2015) was a German journalist, filmmaker, writer and publisher.
He produced documentaries for ARD, Germany’s leading Public TV Station, and wrote articles for the magazine Stern and the newspapers Münchner Merkur and Münchner Abendzeitung.
His documentary works are socio-critical and deal with major topics such as environmental protection, human rights and psychology.
As a documentary film maker, Bernd Dost has worked with various people like Jane Goodall, the Anti-psychiatry pioneer Ronald David Laing or the writer Carl Amery.
His novels include elements of surrealism, transgressional fiction and postmodernism and deal with mass media, religion and psychology.
He was the brother of theater and film actress Roswitha Dost.