Eugen Bräunig
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Biography
Eugen Bräunig is a filmmaker from Bonn, Germany, currently based in Los Angeles, California. He earned a degree in visual communication from the Berlin University of the Arts. In 2014, he moved to New York before eventually settling in Los Angeles. Bräunig is known for his contributions to several acclaimed documentaries, including: Captive Audience (2022), Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021), and Welcome to Chechnya (2020). He co-founded Macrofilm, a Los Angeles-based documentary production company specializing in archival research and licensing. Bräunig views film as both an imaginative and meditative form of expression, capable of encapsulating complex ideas and perspectives. He likens the filmmaking process to a translation from mind to word to sound and images, emphasizing the blend of visionary thinking and serendipity involved. He believes that when executed well, film can reveal profound truths about humanity and the world we inhabit.
Known For
This gripping docuseries examines Adolf Hitler and the Nazis' rise, rule and reckoning from pre-WWII to the Holocaust to the Nuremberg trials.
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
1972: 7-year-old Steven Stayner vanishes from Merced, California. For years, his family searches for him, only to find they’ve been looking for the wrong boy. 50 years on, Steven’s children unearth clues to their father’s mysterious past.
Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story
Sally Ride's groundbreaking journey as the first American woman in space concealed a deeply personal story. Her life partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, unveils their covert 27-year romance and its accompanying sacrifices.
Sally
Things take a turn for the worst when a group of bickering filmmakers join a suspicious film festival on the site of a mysterious murder.
Sleepaway Slasher
The film follows intrepid reporters Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn and actor/advocates Malin Akerman, Mia Farrow, Ronan Farrow, Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, Ashley Judd, Blake Lively, Eva Longoria, and Alfre Woodard to Colombia, Haiti, Kenya, and throughout the United States as they uncover the harshest forms of gender-based oppression and human rights violations, as well as the effective solutions being implemented to combat them.