Ida Bechtle

Biography

Ida Lærke Bechtle is a documentary filmmaker known for chronicling the people and communities behind influential software technologies. Based in Berlin, she is associated with Cult.Repo and Honeypot, where her work explores open-source history, developer culture, and the human stories behind programming languages and frameworks. Her credits include C++: The Documentary. React.js: The Documentary, and Python: The Documentary, films that combine archival research, interviews, and accessible storytelling to document the evolution of modern software communities.