Born: 2 March 1945, Bellinzona, Ticino [Tessin], Switzerland.
Education: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia [CSC] [1964-66], Rome, Italy.
Career: Co-directed the doc/312m ‘Le film du cinéma suisse’ [1991; co-d: Markus Imhoof, Thomas Koerfer, Michel Soutter, a.o].
Awards: ‘César’ Award nom 1986 for ‘Rendez-vous’; ‘César’ Award 1988 for ‘Au revoir les enfants’; ‘César’ Award nom 1994 & Camerimage ‘Golden Frog’ nom 1994 for ‘Smoking’ and ‘No Smoking’; Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva ‘Colón de Plata a la Mejor Fotografía’ 2005 for ‘Espelho mágico’. —http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/berta.htm