Jan Bernotat, born in Zürich, Switzerland on 9.6.1969, started his career in 1991 as camera assistant to soon after join the visual effects department for a series of international feature films. After organising the miniature effects shooting for R.Emmerichs ? "The Patriot", he became 1st Assistant Director and worked on numerous films and commercials. Since then he also followed own projects. For the British/German experimental feature ?Maldoror' he directing one of the episodes.
Following he shot two documentaries with adventurer Bruno Baumann in the Gobi desert and in western Tibet.