John Edward Heys

John Edward Heys (2013)

John Edward Heys (born April 24, 1948 in New Jersey ) is an American actor and director. He lives and works in Berlin .

Life

Born in New Jersey, he moved to Miami Shores, Florida, to live with his mother's family after his parents died. After completing his master's degree at the local college, he moved to New York City in 1967 . Here he became active in alternative culture and the gay scene in the East Village and West Village . In 1969 he founded the bi-weekly newspaper Gay Power and was its editor for the first 24 issues until 1970. Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the designers of the front pages . In terms of content, the magazine comprised art, eroticism and a wide range of articles by conservative and radical representatives of the gay and lesbian scene in the USA at the time. One of the illustrators was Touko Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland .

He conceived a number of one-man shows and starred in plays with Cookie Mueller , HM Koutoukis and Charles Ludlam . John Edward Heys has been portrayed by a number of different artists, including numerous photographs by Peter Hujar and watercolors by Francesco Clemente . In Berlin, John Edward Heys was in close contact with Charlotte von Mahlsdorf , the artist group Die Tödliche Doris and the gay activist Napoleon Seyfarth . His films have been shown at numerous festivals.

Film and theater (selection)

Filmography (director) The Moroccan Bride, 1987 Golden Earrings, 2000 Alarm, 2001 Cooch Dance, 2008 The La Ronde Superclub, 2008 The end of the pig is the beginning of the sausage, 2009, documentary about Napoleon Seyfarth Charlotte, 2009 Why Madam Why, 2011, short film with Zazie de Paris A Lazy Summer Afternoon with Mario Montez, 2011, with Mario Montez The Actress, 2013, short film with Zazie de Paris Madame Arthur, 2015, short film with Zazie de Paris Theater (actor) Le Bourgeois Avant Garde, 1982 Galas, 1983 Sounds in The Distance, 1984, by David Wojnarowicz Salammbo, 1985, by Charles Ludlam The Roman Polanski Story, together with Cookie Mueller Theater (direction) The human voice, with Alba Clemente Homage to Diana Vreeland The Woman with Pearls

Festival contributions Berlinale Panorama, Berlin 2009 56th International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen 2010 Oslo Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Oslo 2011, LLAMALEH - Uruguay International Film Festival of Sexual and Gender Diversity, Montevideo 2011 Paris Gay, Lesbian, Trans Film Festival - Chéries-Chéris, Paris 2011 The Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Barcelona 2011 Annual Pink Screens, Brussels 2011 Berlinale Panorama, 2012 Rio Festival Gay de Cinema, Rio de Janeiro 2012 OutView Film Festival, Athens 2012 Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main 2012

Web links

• Hayes in the Imdb
• HP of the artist

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} The John Edward Heys Collection . The New York Public Library of Performing Arts. Retrieved on January 10, 2013.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} The John Edward Heys Collection . The New York Public Library. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
3. ↑ Diana Vreeland . John Edward Heys. Archived from the original on January 15, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 10, 2013. 
4. ^ Actor . John Edward Heys. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 10, 2013. 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} John Edward Heys . Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
6. ↑ Berlinale 2009 . Berlinale. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
7. ↑ Berlinale 2012 . Berlinale. Retrieved January 10, 2013.