Sebastian Heinzel
Sebastian Heinzel (* 1979 in Kassel ) is a German filmmaker . He works as a film director , film producer , cameraman and film editor .
life and career
Sebastian Heinzel started his career as a journalist for daily newspapers and music television . Even before studying directing at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy , he made the two documentary films b24 - 24 Hours Berlin and 89 Millimeters, which received numerous international awards and were shown in theaters in Germany and Austria. His award-winning short film "Samagon" has been invited to over 40 film festivals around the world and has been bought by international TV stations. Sebastian Heinzel is also the initiator of the national cinema series "Filmwelten" and regularly leads film workshops and seminars. In 2010 he founded his own production company Heinzelfilm. His most recent feature documentary The War in Me premiered on May 10, 2019 at the 34th Munich International Documentary Film Festival 2019.
Filmography (selection)
- 2003: b24 - 24 hours Berlin (documentary film; director, producer, cameraman)
- 2004: Samagon (self-made) (short film; director)
- 2005: 89 millimeters (feature documentary; director)
- 2006: Verbündungshaus Fforst (short film; director), Derya (documentary film; director)
- 2008: Lost Paradise (documentary; director)
- 2010: The forest within us (documentary fiction; director)
- 2012: The Light of the World (documentary; co-director, cameraman, editor)
- 2014: The Germans are back (documentary; director, producer, cameraman, editor)
- 2014: Carmina - Long live the difference! (Feature documentary; director, producer, cameraman, editor)
- 2019: The War Inside Me (feature documentary; director, producer)
Film awards (selection)
- b24- 24 hours Berlin (2003)
- Audience award, ATTENTION BERLIN! FESTIVAL 2005
- Samagon (2004)
- Main Prize, Best Short Film, DOCLISBOA, Lisbon 2005
- Best Documentary INTERFILM FESTIVAL Berlin 2004
- Predicate valuable, FBW, 2004
- Honorable Mention, FESTIVAL TOUT-COURTS, Aix-en-Provence, 2005
- 89 millimeters (2005)
- Predicate valuable, FBW 2005
- "Best Editing", SEHSÜCHTE Festival, Babelsberg 2005
- Award for "Best Camera", DOKUFEST, Prizren, Albania 2005
- SPECIAL PRICE of the State Center for Political Education Rhineland-Palatinate 2005
- Derya (2006)
- Predicate Valuable, Short Film of the Month, November 2006
- Alliance House Fforst (2006)
- 1st prize at the ARTE short film competition "Germany-Poland: Instructions for use"
- Lost Paradise (2008)
- Cross-border commuter scholarship from the Robert Bosch Foundation
- Carmina - Long live the difference! (2014)
- Diversity Award, Festival Assim Vivemos, Rio de Janeiro, 2015
Web links
- Sebastian Heinzel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sebastian Heinzel at filmportal.de
- Website of Heinzel film
- Sebastian Heinzel at crew united
- Official website for the film THE WAR IN ME
- WDR 5 (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) table discussion on December 11, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinzel, Sebastian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |