17 Facts About Vera Neubauer

Vera Neubauer is a Czech born British experimental filmmaker, animator, feminist activist and educator.

Vera Neubauer is known for her jarring, provocative and anti establishment approach.

Vera Neubauer was born to Dr Helene and Dr Karl Neubauer in Prague.

In December 1965, several years before the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Neubauer fled the totalitarian regime with her parents and siblings.

Vera Neubauer continued to study printmaking at the Royal College of Art and in 1970 switched departments to study film-making.

Vera Neubauer struggled to survive and squatted in central Brixton.

Vera Neubauer's collected works are distributed by the BFI, LUX and New York based The Film-Makers' Cooperative.

Vera Neubauer is known for her work in multiple moving image disciplines and for her nuanced feminist stance.

Vera Neubauer has won multiple awards for her work including two BAFTA Cymru Awards.

Vera Neubauer is a key figure in the History of British animation and is linked to the Second Wave of British Animation.

Vera Neubauer has been active as a filmmaker, animator and instigator of social reform for five decades.

Vera Neubauer's films are the terrorist branch of the art form, the Red Brigade of the animated film.

Vera Neubauer is one of Britain's most innovative and provocative animators.

Vera Neubauer is frequently cited for her ability to combine her personal stories of pain, loss and rebirth, underpinned by a wider societal commentary.

Vera Neubauer often uses the camera, much as a painter would use a brush, to create broad poetic strokes.

Vera Neubauer taught for nearly 30 years at Royal College of Art, Central Saint Martins and Goldsmiths College.

Vera Neubauer is the subject of Maria Anna Tappeiner's 2012 45 minute documentary for 3sat 'Das Ganze Leben im Trickfilm'.