A STARCREST MEDIA GmbH and PELEGRIN FILM PRODUCTION in coproduction with ZDF Germany  and TVR Romania, in association with ARTE and YLE Teema Ateljee Finland, with the support of MEDIA 2007, Centrul National al Cinematografiei Romania and Hessische Filmfoerderung Germany.

 

EDITING: Wolfgang Lehmann ASSISTANT DIRECTORS: Abby d’Arcy Hughes, Wolfgang Lehmann CAMERA: Stefan Grandinetti (BVK), Hans Zimmermann, Sami Karim, Torsten Lapp, Daniel Kula, Tibor Szalma, Enrico Wolff UNDERWATER CAMERA: Marcus Prothmann, Jorg Steer SOUND ENGINEER: Jorn Steinhoff COLOUR CORRECTION AND SPECIAL EFFECTS: Magnamana GmbH Frankfurt-Berlin  ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: Remus Georgescu (Romanian Symphony Orchestra Banatul, Timisoara) EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:  Carl Schmitt, Birger Laube (Starcrest Media GmbH) Razvan Georgescu (Pelegrin Film S.R.L.) COMISSIONING EDITORS: ZDF/ARTE: Martin Pieper, TVR: Claudia Nedelcu, YLE Ateljee: Outi Saarikosi

Artist biography


Wiliam Finn


When the musical composer from New York was diagnosed with a brain tumour he immediately started writing the musical, A NEW BRAIN, a funny, frank and for Finn, a therapeutic account of his struggle with the disease. He was eventually diagnosed with the life-threatening but not terminal disease, AVM. The film joins him in his studio in New York and at his home in Pittsfield.