Johannes Bünger is a German filmmaker and journalist covering environmental and geopolitical issues.
He studied Environmental Science in Lüneburg and Rouen. From 2004 to 2007, he worked as a trainee and editor at fechnerMEDIA in Immendingen, where he learnt the craft of documentary filmmaking.
In 2007, he founded the production company Autoren Pieper und Partner, which he has run ever since toghether with his wife, Vivien Pieper. Since that year, he has worked as a freelance writer, director, cameraman and lecturer, with his work focusing on sustainability, technology and science.
As an author and director, he made the documentary series Die Waldretter for arte and WDR in 2019, alongside the documentary Das schmutzige Geschäft mit der Grillkohle, broadcast as part of Die Story im Ersten for ARD. In 2021, he directed the documentary series The Monumental Rescuers of Quedlinburg for MDR.
