Boris Gerrets | |
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| Born | 1948 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 26 March 2020 (aged 71–72) Berlin, Germany |
| Awards | Laureate of the Aster Award 2014 Visions du Réel 2011 Best Direction Mid-Length Documentary Beldocs 2011 International Federation of Film Critics Award Festival dei popoli 2011 Best Ethno-Anthropological Film IDFA 2010 Best Mid-Length Documentary Award |
| Website | www |
Boris Gerrets (1948–2020) was a Dutch film director, film writer and editor based in Berlin, Germany. He was born into a Bulgarian-German family in Amsterdam and was raised in The Netherlands, Spain, Sierra Leone and Germany.
Gerrets is the recipient of the 2013 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds for his contribution to the documentary genre.[1] He was the 2014 Laureate of the Aster Award, a prize he received for ‘high achievements in European and world film art’.[2]