Christoph Heckenbücker

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Christoph Heckenbücker (born February 12, 1973 in Bonn ) is a German film producer who also works as an independent film distributor , film director and license dealer .

Life

After graduating from the Jesuit School Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn Bad-Godesberg, he initially worked in various film productions in a wide variety of companies such as Filmstudio Babelsberg and Studio Hamburg . In 1994 he decided to study production and media management at the University of Television and Film Munich .

In 1995 he founded CH Film & TV, which later became CH Media. CH Media Berlin Brandenburg has been producing various formats for over 15 years. Including films with Heinz Hoenig , Peter Lohmeyer , Christine Neubauer and Juliane Köhler (actress) .

In 1999 he founded the film distributor Nighthawks Pictures, which was mainly based on the distribution of independent productions such as B. Oi! Warning , Anam , The new adventures of Pinocchio, etc. a. with Martin Landau and Coronado (2003) - a production by Oscar winner Volker Engel .

In 2002 he directed the short film QUITS . The film was u. a. invited to the Tribeca Film Festival . The film ( film rating : particularly valuable) was bought by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk . In the film, Maximilian Mauff , who was cast in films such as Der Vorleser and Die Welle in the following years , and Matthias Beier , who u. a. we can also be seen in films after five in the jungle .

After Nighthawks Pictures were dissolved in 2004 and CH Media in 2010, he worked as a consultant in the areas of financing, production and sales for various companies such as Atossafilm GmbH ( Vadim Glowna ) and LARA Enterprises.com GmbH. LARA Entprises.com GmbH is u. a. worked on the 2009 project Am Ende des Weges - A True Lies Story with Bill Murray and Oscar winners Sissy Spacek and Robert Duvall . At the End of the Road - A True Lies Story will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2009. The film, which also screened at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián 2009 and the Sundance Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival in 2010, is being produced by Sony Pictures Classics launched in theaters in the USA on July 30, 2010.

In 2008 he founded the organization GENERATION 4K around the topic of digital film. It's about training, exchange and personal contact with people who deal with topics such as digital cinema cameras , the workflow (e.g. color correction ) and digital intermediates . The group has more than 2,450 members (as of May 2010) and meets regularly in Berlin, Munich, Cologne and at international events such as the IBC ( International Broadcast Conference ), Berlinale and the Cannes International Film Festival .

In 2010 he directed the short film Handbag - Le Sac . Comedy is about women and the relationship with their handbags. He is currently developing various scripts, including the adaptation of the novel Epitaph of the Royal Gourmet by Veljko Barbieri .

He was a producer for THE BERLIN PROJECT , which was shot in October 2010. Starring u. a. Udo Kier , Blerim Destani , Richard Samm and Nicolette Krebitz . Alpha Medienkontor will launch the film in German cinemas in 2011. The film is a real-time film that at the end leads through the entire plot in one take. This was made possible by using the Arriflex Alexa camera. The director was Ivo Trajkov, who lives in Prague .

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SURNAME Heckenbücker, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film producer
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn