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Place of Birth: Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Manfred Becker
- Manfred Becker (born March 10, 1960) is a German-Canadian documentary independent filmmaker and film editor.
- His work often explores personal stories behind current or historical issues. Born and raised in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, Becker moved to Canada in 1983.
- Since 2001, Becker has been writing and directing documentaries for television, his latest, a look at the phenomenon of tourists seeking out places of conflict and fear entitled Dark Tourism, being the eighth.
- In the past decade Becker has written and directed eight documentaries for television, earning him numerous nominations and awards.
- His film Fatherland won the Donald Brittain Gemini Award in 2006 for Best Documentary and was screened at Hot Docs and several other festivals internationally.
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