Joern Heitmann

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Joern Heitmann (born June 17, 1968 in Hamburg ) is a German director in the field of music videos , commercials , television series and feature films.

Life

Heitmann initially worked as a camera assistant for film and television. In 2002, Heitmann founded Katapult Filmproduktion with Alex Kiening, Ingo Georgi and Daniel Lwowski , which produces music videos, advertising and TV series.

He directed music videos for the Scorpions , Rammstein , Kreator , Rosenstolz , No Angels , KIZ , Guano Apes , Oomph! , Genetikk , Bro'Sis , The Kelly Family , Tic Tac Toe , Jan Delay , Jeanette Biedermann , Lou Bega , In Extremo , Fler , Peter Heppner , Paul van Dyk , Kraftklub , Die Toten Hosen and Sarah Connor . In advertising, Heitmann works for Coca-Cola , Casio and Porsche . Heitmann also shot trailers for the television stations Sat.1 and Premiere . Together with Rainer Matsutani , he directed the television series Spides .

Joern Heitmann lives in Berlin .

Awards

  • 2003: VIVA-Comet for the music video It still hurts (Rosenstolz)
  • 2005: VIVA-Comet for the music video Keine Lust (Rammstein)
  • 2005: Nail and flap for the visual implementation of the film title song Wir sind wir to Das Wunder von Bern - the true story of Peter Heppner and Paul van Dyk

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