Martin Heisler

Martin Heisler (* 7. February 1977 in Aachen ) is a German film producer living predominantly Berlin .

Career

After his apprenticeship as a businessman for audiovisual media at Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) in Cologne, Martin Heisler studied creative film and television production at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). As a student, he worked as a production manager, unit manager and producer in the film business. After graduating in 2007 with Bastian Günther's debut film Autopiloten , Heisler founded the Berlin production company Lichtblick Media in 2008. He has been the sole partner and managing director since 2011.

Heisler is a member of the German and the European Film Academy , a graduate of EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), member of the producers' association and lecturer for film and television production (including at the dffb). Numerous festival successes and prizes have already been celebrated, including a. 2010 at the Berlinale with the premiere of the documentary David Wants to Fly by David Sieveking, whose film Vergiss mein nicht won the main prize of the “Semaine de la critique” at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival. In 2016, Morris from America won two of the main awards at the Sundance Film Festival in the USA.

Flare Film production company

The Flare Film team (formerly Lichtblick Media) consists of Martin Heisler as managing director and producer, Gabriele Simon (story development, feature film production), Katharina Bergfeld (documentary production), Ruth Ersfeld (commercial management, production management) and a trainee. The production company stands for the development of materials for national and international cinema and television productions, both in the feature film and documentary film sector, as well as films for art house cinema. According to the website, the company is “working towards long-term, continuous cooperation with authors and directors who are characterized by creative talent and a special handwriting.”

Filmography (selection)

as a producer

• 2005 End of a series, director: Bastian Günther, FIRST STEPS AWARD, (feature film)
• 2007 Autopilot, director: Bastian Günther (feature film)
• 2009 When the world is ours, directed by Judith Kruska and Antje Keil (feature film)
• 2010 Tough Men, directed by Tanja Hamilton (documentary)
• 2010 David Wants to Fly, directed by David Sieveking (documentary)
• 2011 Ants go other ways, director: Catharina Deus (feature film)
• 2012 Batman at the Checkpoint, directed by Rafael Balulu (short film)
• 2012 Forget Me Not, directed by David Sieveking (documentary)
• 2013 The beautiful Krista, directed by Antje Schneider & Carsten Waldbauer (documentary)
• 2013 Lone Fighter, Director: Sandra Kaudelka (Documentary)
• 2013 Houston, director: Bastian Günther (feature film)
• 2015 added time, director: Andreas Pieper (feature film)
• 2016 The Trial, directed by Till Harms (documentary)
• 2016 Morris from America , directed by Chad Hartigan (feature film)
• 2016/17 Light Sailors, Director: Stefan Hering, SWR / ARD-Degeto (feature film)
• 2017 LOMO - The Language of Many Others , director: Julia Langhof (feature film)
• 2017 The Beginner , directed by Alexandra Sell (feature film)
• 2017 Inoculated , directed by David Sieveking (documentary)
• 2018 Berlin Bouncer, director: David Dietl (documentary)
• 2019 In No Man's Land , director: Florian Aigner (feature film)
• 2019 What would have been, director: Florian Koerner (feature film)
• 2019: Defenders of the Faith (Documentary)
• 2020: Kids Run , director: Barbara Ott (feature film)

Awards

• 2005 First Steps Award for the end of a series by Bastian Günther
• 2007 MFG star for autopilots from Bastian Günther
• 2011 Berlin Today Award for Batman at the Checkpoint by Rafael Balulu
• 2013 nomination for the German Film Prize for Forget My Not by David Sieveking
• 2013 Sundance Film Festival International competition with Houston by Bastian Günther
• 2015 Max-Ophüls Festival Saarbrücken; Juror "short film"
• 2016 Berlinale, juror "Made in Germany - Perspective Award"
• 2016 Sundance Film Festival US competition with Morris from America by Chad Hartigan (Screenplay and Leading Actor Award)

Web links

• Martin Heisler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Flare Film website
• Martin Heisler on Filmportal.de
• Interview with the director of Vergiss mein nicht David Sieveking and the producer Martin Heisler

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lichtblick Media Homepage about the company. Retrieved November 15, 2016 .