Bert Van Bork
16 mm films by Bert Van Bork archived at the Chicago Film Archive
16 mm films by Bert Van Bork archived at the Chicago Film Archive
Bert Van Bork (1928 – October 29, 2014) was a German Born multi-award-winning producer, director, cinematographer, still photographer, painter, and printer. Born in Augustusburg. He studied fine arts in Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, and later moved to Chicago where he began to work on creating instructional film for companies like [1] Encyclopedia Britannica Films as well as Physical Science Study Committee.
His work was heavily influenced by German expressionism[2] and some of his most critically acclaimed works include his short documentary film called Eyewitness (1999 film) and “The Seventeen Year Locust or later which was later renamed Insect Life Cycle: The Periodical Cicada[3]
Early career
Following World War II, he began creating woodcuts depicting a Berlin postwar. In 1954, he moved to Chicago and was already established as a masterful photographer after being awarded the National Award for Outstanding Photography in Germany, though once he moved to the city he began working with oil paints and canvas to portray the landscapes of the American Southwest as well as the cityscapes of Chicago.
While in Chicago Van Bork started filming and producing instructional videos. while also working to create a collective to preserve pieces of art that were created in concentration camps during World War II
Career with Encyclopedia Britannica
In 1957 Bert Van Bork met with Warren Everote who worked multiple positions during his time at Encyclopedia Britannia Films from a filmmaker to executive producer to even president. In this meeting, Van Bork showed him his film The Seventeen Year Locust which landed him a job to produce art and science films for Encyclopedia Britannica and the film was later renamed Insect Life Cycle: the Periodical Cicada for distribution purposes
Films
| Encyclopedia Britannica Films:[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Aging of Lakes | [5] | ||
| Airplanes: How They Fly | |||
| Archeological Dating: Retracing Time | © December 12, 1975 | ||
| Art: What Is It? Why Is It? | © March 19, 1963 | ||
| Chicago: Midland Metropolis (1963) | © June 11, 1963 | ||
| Protozoa (One-Celled Animals) (1957) | © March 27, 1957 | ||
| Art in the Western World (National Gallery of Art, Washington DC) (1958) | [6] | © April 18, 1958 | |
| Battle of Yorktown (1958) | © February 3, 1958 | ||
| Biological Rhythms: Studies in Chronobiology | [7] | © November 2, 1977 | |
| Biology: Exploring the Living World | 1979 | ||
| A Boy Creates | © July 25, 1971 | ||
| The Cave Community (Cumberland Caverns) | © April 25, 1961 | ||
| Christmas in Germany: A Story of Giving | 1979 | ||
| The Circle of Life | 1983 | ||
| Continental Drift: The Theory of Plate Techtonics | 1980 | ||
| Daybreak (Over Monumental Valley) | © January 21, 1977 | ||
| The Desert Community | © November 11, 1965 | ||
| Earth Science: Exploring Planet Earth | 1978 | ||
| Earthquakes: A Lesson in Disaster | © August 27, 1971 | ||
| Earthquakes: Exploring Earth's Restless Crust | [8] | 1983 | |
| Ecology of a Hot Spring | [9] | 1972 | |
| Energy for the Future | © December 10, 1974 | ||
| Energy from the Sun (2nd edition) | 1980 | ||
| Evolution of Landscapes | 1986 | ||
| Falling Water | 1987 | ||
| Fire in the Sea (Hawaiian Volcanoes) | © May 10, 1973 | ||
| Fire Mountain (Mt. Kilauea, Hawaii) | © June 17, 1970 | ||
| Fog | © September 24, 1971 | ||
| Fossils: Exploring the Past | 1978 | ||
| Furnace in the Sky | 1983 | ||
| Geyser Valley (Yellowstone) | 1972 | ||
| The Gift of the Magic | 1980 | ||
| Groundwater | 1982 | ||
| Heartbeat of a Volcano | [10] | ||
| Indian Art of the Pueblos | © March 8, 1976 | ||
| Indian Artists of the Southwest | 1972 | ||
| Insect Life Cycle: The Periodical Cicada | © January 17, 1957 | ||
| Introduction to the Water Cycle | 1988 | ||
| Jamestown: The First English Settlement in America | © May 1, 1958 | ||
| The Legend of the Magic Knives | [11] | ||
| Life Between Tides (Life in a Tide Pool) | © August 30, 1963 | ||
| Life in a Vacant Lot | © July 4, 1966 | ||
| Life Story of a Water Flea, Daphnia | [12] | © January 25, 1966 | |
| Life Story of the Paramecium | © July 26, 1965 | ||
| Life Story of the Sea Star | © October 20, 1963 | ||
| Life: How Do We Define It? | 1987 | ||
| Lines in Relief, Woodcut and Block Printing | © July 6, 1964 | ||
| Living Things Are Everywhere | © December 31, 1963 | ||
| Looking at Amphibians | © November 13, 1964 | ||
| The Magic Shop | 1980 | ||
| The Marine Biologist | © August 30, 1963 | ||
| The Mayfly: Ecology of An Aquatic Insect | © July 6, 1973 | ||
| Mesa Verde: Mystery of the Silent Cities | © December 19, 1975 | ||
| Minerals and Rocks (2nd edition) | 1979 | ||
| Monuments to Erosion | © July 10, 1974 | ||
| Ocean Dynamics: The Work of the Sea | 1981 | ||
| Our Changing Way of Life: The Dairy Farmer | © May 13, 1965 | ||
| Our Changing Way of Life: The Lumberman | © April 9, 1965 | ||
| Parasitism (Parasitic Flatworms) | © March 5, 1963 | ||
| Plankton: Pastures of the Ocean | © November 11, 1965 | ||
| Protists: Form Function and Ecology | 1985 | ||
| Radioisotopes: Tools of Discovery | © March 13, 1969 | ||
| Richard Hunt, Sculptor | © May 17, 1970 | ||
| The River Valley | © March 25, 1964 | ||
| Rivers: The Work of Running Waters | 1981 | ||
| The Rock Cycle | 1982 | ||
| Time And Clocks | [13] | ||
| The San Andreas Fault | [14] | ||
| Sea Beneath the Earth | 1983 | ||
| The Single-Celled Animals: Protozoa | © March 9, 1962 | ||
| Siqueiros, El Maestro | © June 30, 1969 | ||
| Stinging Celled Animals: Coelenterates | © April 20, 1962 | ||
| The Story of the Oyster | © September 12, 1963 | ||
| Succession on Lava | © July 22, 1970 | ||
| The Temperate Deciduous Forest | © January 26, 1962 | ||
| Theories on the Origin of Life | [15] | © April 23, 1969 | |
| Viruses: What They Are and How They Work | 1988 | ||
| Volcano: Birth of a Mountain | © May 11, 1977 | ||
| Volcanoes: Exploring the Restless Earth | © September 21, 1973 | ||
| The Water Cycle (2nd edition) | 1979 | ||
| Jamestown: First English Settlement in America (1958) | |||
| Airplanes: How They Fly (1959) | |||
| What is a Reptile (1961) | |||
| Bacteria (1962) | © June 21, 1962 | ||
| What is an Amphibian? (1962) | © February 28, 1962 | ||
| What is a Mammal? (1962) | © July 27, 1962 | ||
| What Is a Reptile? | © October 11, 1961 | ||
| What Is a Short Story? | 1980 | ||
| What Is Ecology? | © July 5, 1977 | ||
| When the Earth Explodes (Volcanoes) | 1983 | ||
| Echinoderms: Sea Stars and Their Relatives (1963) Sea cucumbers, sand dollars, sea urchins, etc. | © December 5, 1961 | ||
| Life Between Tides (1963) | |||
| Life Story of the Paramecium (1963) | |||
| Marine Biologist (1963) | |||
| Plankton and the Open Sea (1963) | © September 27, 1962 | ||
| Living Things Are Everywhere (1964) | |||
| River Valley (1964) | |||
| Life in a Vacant Lot (1966) | |||
| Artist at Work, The: Jacques Lipchitz, Master Sculptor (1968). Van Bork also wrote a book by the same name. | © May 21, 1968 | ||
| Theories on the Origin of Life (1969) | |||
| Origin of Life: Chemical Evolution (1969) | © August 20, 1969 |
References
- ↑ Alexander, Geoff (2010-08-05). Academic Films for the Classroom: A History. McFarland. ISBN 9780786460007.
- ↑ Society, The Renaissance. "German Expressionists | Publishing: Essay | The Renaissance Society". www.renaissancesociety.org. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc; Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (1975), Insect Life Cycle: The Periodical Cicada, Internet Archive, EBF, Dist. EBEC, retrieved 2018-03-13
- ↑ "Chicago Film Archive Catalogue". www.chicagofilmarchives.org. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (1971), The Aging of lakes, Internet Archive, [n.p.] Encyclopaedia Britanica Education Corp., retrieved 2018-02-19
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc (1958), Art in The Western World, Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBEC, retrieved 2018-02-19
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (1977), Biological Rhythms: Studies in Chronobiology, Internet Archive, Chicago : Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., retrieved 2018-03-13
- ↑ Old Education Videos (2014-04-21), Earthquakes Exploring earths restless crust, retrieved 2018-02-19
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (1972), Ecology of a Hot Spring: Life at High Temperatures, Internet Archive, Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., retrieved 2018-03-13
- ↑ Encyclopedia Britannica (1970), Heartbeat Of A Volcano, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 2018-02-19
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (1971), The Legend of the magic knives, Internet Archive, Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation - EBEC 310 South Michigan Ave Chicago IL 60604 USA (800)554-9862 (312)347-7000, retrieved 2018-02-19
- ↑ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1963). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
- ↑ Milan Herzog; Physical Science Study Committee. Physics.; Educational Services, Inc; Modern Talking Picture Service, inc (1959), Time And Clocks, Educational Services, Inc., retrieved 2018-03-13
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (1974), The San Andreas Fault, Internet Archive, [S. l.] Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., retrieved 2018-02-19
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation (1969), Theories on the origin of life, Internet Archive, [S. l.] Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., retrieved 2018-02-19
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