Thomas Burkhalter

Director, Screenwriter, Sound Designer

Born 1973 in Switzerland. Works as an ethnomusicologist, creative artist and music journalist. Founder and director of the platform Norient and curator of the annual Norient Film Festival. Has published books on music and globalization, leads research projects at the Bern University of Art, produced broadcasts, podcasts and audio-visual performances and co-curated the exhibition “Seismographic Sounds – Visions of a New World”.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2020
Contradict by Peter Guyer, Thomas Burkhalter
2001
Buy More Incense – British Asian Musicians in the UK by Thomas Burkhalter, Michael Spahr

Screenwriter

2020
Contradict by Peter Guyer, Thomas Burkhalter
2001
Buy More Incense – British Asian Musicians in the UK by Thomas Burkhalter, Michael Spahr

Sound Designer

2020
Contradict by Peter Guyer, Thomas Burkhalter
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