Andrew Berends

Andrew Berends was an American documentary filmmaker and photographer. Born to Polly Berrien and Jan Berends, after graduating from high school, he graduated with a BA in film studies from Wesleyan University in 1994. He embarked a career of film-editing for advertising firms while directing his own documentaries - and shooting and editing for a host of other filmmakers and NGOs on locations around the world. He survived bouts of serious depression, but a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease last year, combined with other circumstances, appears to have resulted in his decision to take his own life.