Heiko Pinkowski

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Heiko Pinkowski (2019)

Heiko Pinkowski (born October 8, 1966 in Hüls , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German actor , screenwriter and film producer .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1988 and discontinuing studies in civil engineering , German studies and philosophy , Heiko Pinkowski worked as a draftsman , nursing assistant , welder , truck driver , master printer and carer for the severely disabled.

He has been enthusiastic about the theater since his youth . He played at the children's and youth theater of the city of Krefeld KRESCH and came to the city ​​theater in Krefeld , the studio stage in Cologne and the Schiller theater in Berlin without attending an acting school . In 1994 he passed the stage entrance examination. This was followed by employment at the Bauhaus stage in Dessau and, from 1995 to 2001, a permanent position at the theater of the state capital Magdeburg . In 2001, Heiko Pinkowski moved with his family to Berlin , where he has been working as a freelance actor and producer on stage and in front of and behind the camera.

In 2011 Heiko Pinkowski founded the film production company Very Good Films with the cameraman Dennis Pauls , the producer Anne Baeker and the director Axel Ranisch . The company's first productions were the no-budget film Big Girls and the children's film Reuber , both directed by Axel Ranisch. Heiko Pinkowski was able to celebrate international festival successes as an actor, co-author and producer with Big Girls and collect numerous awards.

At the film festival Max Ophüls Preis 2013, the films Kohlhaas or the proportionality of the middle and level three , as well as scraps! in 2016, in which he participated as an actor, the audience awards .

Filmography (selection)

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Theater / Opera (selection)

Awards (selection)

  • 2011: “Best Screenplay” and “Best Film Title” for fat girls at the Lünen Cinema Festival
  • 2012: German short film award in the special award category for films with a running time of more than 30 to 78 minutes for fat girls
  • 2012: “Spirit of Slamdance Award” in the “Filmmaker Choice Award” category and “Special Jury Award” for fat girls at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah
  • 2012: attention berlin | new berlin film award - Best feature film Big Girls
  • 2012: Nomination for the First Steps Award for fat girls
  • 2013: Queens World Film Festival, New York City - Best Actor in the drama Big Girls
  • 2013: Basque Actors Association Award for I Feel Disco at the Zinegoak International GLBT Film Festival (Bilbao, Spain)
  • 2014: German Actor Award 2014 in the Ensemble section in a movie for Kohlhaas or the proportionality of the means
  • 2015: Best film at the Ahrenshooper Film Nights for Alki Alki
  • 2015: European Film Festival Göttingen 2015: Audience Award - Göttinger Liesel for Alki Alki
  • 2016: Nomination for the German Film Critics' Prize in the category of best children's film 2015 for Reuber
  • 2016: Audience award and youth jury award for Alki Alki at the Festival de Mauvais Genre in Tours
  • 2017: Nomination for the Grimme-Preis Spezial in the fiction competition for the screenplay for Alki Alki

Web links

Commons : Heiko Pinkowski  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Short Film Award 2012: Prize Winners / Films ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on March 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ Queens World Film Festival 2013: Heavy Girls , accessed November 10, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Pinkowski, Heiko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Hüls , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany