Bertram van Munster
Born1940 (1940) (age 84)
NationalityAmerican-Dutch
OccupationTelevision producer
Years active1984-present
SpouseElise Doganieri (? – present)
ChildrenAva Sophia van Munster (b. 2008)

Vanessa van Munster

Barbara van Munster

Bertram van Munster (born 1940) is a Dutch-born American co-creator and executive producer of The Amazing Race. He is also the creator of Profiles from the Front Line and was the Executive Producer on Oprah's Big Give and Take the Money and Run.

Van Munster's television formats and productions have been sold and produced worldwide in territories including India, Africa, The Middle East, Australia, the Asia Pacific region, Israel and throughout Latin America and China.

His productions, although created for the US market, maintain international TV sensibilities. He has longstanding relationships with all major US television network and cable companies.[1]

Van Munster is president and CEO of Worldrace Productions Inc,[2] Profiles Television Productions LLC,[3] and Earthview Inc[4] (all based in Los Angeles, California). His companies have worked in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television for The Amazing Race and other TV series currently in production; as well as in partnership with Active TV Asia,[5] based in Singapore.

Credits

Television

Awards and nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards

The Primetime Emmy Awards are awarded annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Bertram has been nominated for twenty-one Emmy awards and won nine.[16]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramNominated
2015The Amazing RaceOutstanding Directing For Nonfiction ProgrammingNominated
2014The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramWon
2013The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramNominated
2012The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramWon
2012The Amazing RaceOutstanding Directing For Nonfiction ProgrammingNominated
2011The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramWon
2011The Amazing RaceOutstanding Directing For Nonfiction ProgrammingNominated
2010The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramNominated
2010The Amazing RaceOutstanding Directing For Nonfiction ProgrammingNominated
2009The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramWon
2009The Amazing RaceOutstanding Directing For Nonfiction ProgrammingNominated
2008The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramWon
2008The Amazing RaceOutstanding Directing For Nonfiction ProgrammingNominated
2007The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramWon
2006The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramWon
2005The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramWon
2004The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramWon
2003The Amazing RaceOutstanding Reality Competition ProgramWon
1994CopsOutstanding Informational SeriesNominated
1993CopsOutstanding Informational SeriesNominated

Directors Guild of America Awards

The Directors Guild of America Awards are awarded annually by the Directors Guild of America. Bertram has been nominated for nine DGA awards and won one.[17]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015The Quest Episode: "The Quest: One True Hero"Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality ProgramsNominated
2014The Amazing Race Episode: "Beards in the Wind"Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality ProgramsNominated
2012The Amazing Race Episode: "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win?"Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality ProgramsNominated
2011The Amazing Race Episode: "I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?"Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality ProgramsNominated
2010The Amazing Race Episode: "Don't Let A Cheese Hit Me"Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality ProgramsNominated
2009The Amazing Race Episode: "#1303"Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality ProgramsNominated
2008The Amazing Race Episode: "#1110"Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality ProgramsWon
2007The Amazing Race Episode: "#1002"Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality ProgramsNominated
2007The Amazing Race Episode: "#805"Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality ProgramsNominated

Producers Guild of America Awards

The Producers Guild of America Awards are awarded annually by the Producers Guild of America. Bertram has been nominated for twelve PGA awards and won three.[18]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015The Amazing RaceOutstanding Producer of Competition TelevisionNominated
2014The Amazing RaceOutstanding Producer of Competition TelevisionNominated
2013The Amazing RaceOutstanding Producer of Competition TelevisionWon
2012The Amazing RaceOutstanding Producer of Competition TelevisionWon
2011The Amazing RaceOutstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition TelevisionNominated
2010The Amazing RaceOutstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition TelevisionNominated
2009The Amazing RaceOutstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Competition TelevisionNominated
2007The Amazing RaceOutstanding Producer of Non-Fiction TelevisionNominated
2006The Amazing Race for The Amazing Race 7Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction TelevisionNominated
2006The Amazing Race for The Amazing Race 6Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction TelevisionNominated
2005The Amazing RaceOutstanding Producer of Non-Fiction TelevisionWon
2004The Amazing RaceOutstanding Producer of Reality/Game/Informational Series TelevisionNominated

References

  1. "Advisory Board - Realscreen West 2015". west.realscreen.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  2. "World Race Production Co". Manta. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. "Profiles Television Productions LLC". Manta. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. "Earthview Inc". Backstage. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. "ITV Studios and Active TV". Casbaa. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  6. The Amazing Race (TV Series 2001- ) at IMDb
  7. The Quest (2014– ) at IMDb
  8. The Great Escape (2012– ) at IMDb
  9. Take the Money & Run (TV Series 2011– ) at IMDb
  10. The Big Give (2007– ) at IMDb
  11. Raw Nature (2007–2008) at IMDb
  12. Profiles from the Front Line (2003– ) at IMDb
  13. Wild Things (1998– ) at IMDb
  14. Knightley, Phillip (2004-09-13). The First Casualty: The War Correspondent As Hero And Myth-maker From The Crimea To Iraq. JHU Press. pp. 534–. ISBN 9780801880308. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  15. Cops (TV Series 1989– ) at IMDb
  16. "Television Academy Nominations Search". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  17. "Winner and Nominee Search". Directors Guild of America. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  18. "PGA Awards". Producers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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