Benjamin Heisenberg
Benjamin Heisenberg (born 9 June 1974) is a German film director and screenwriter. He has directed sixteen films since 1995. His film Schläfer was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
Benjamin Heisenberg
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- Born
- 1974. · Tübingen.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, artist, editor, novelist and director.
- Movements
- Berlin School.
- Education
- University of Television and Film Munich, Academy of Fine Arts and Munich.
- Teachers
- Olaf Metzel and Walter Grasskamp.
- Honours
- Austrian Film Award for Best Director, First Steps Award and Max Ophüls Award.
- Languages
- German.
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Early life
Early life
His 2010 film, The Robber, was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. He is the grandson of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Werner Heisenberg, via his father Martin Heisenberg. He is co-editor and co-publisher of the German film magazine Revolver.
Benjamin Heisenberg studied at University of Television and Film Munich and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Training under Olaf Metzel and Walter Grasskamp is recorded. The recorded working language is German. Work by Benjamin Heisenberg is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Austrian Film Award for Best Director, First Steps Award and Max Ophüls Award.
Benjamin Heisenberg was born in Tübingen, West Germany to Martin Heisenberg and Apollonia, Countess of Eulenburg. His father was professor of neurobiology at the University of Würzburg, and Benjamin grew up in small village near there. In 1993, he studied at the academy of fine arts in Munich. He finished his studies in 1998, winning the "Debütantenpreis", given to the three best students of the year.
Filmography
Filmography
1995: Es zogen einst (shortfilm) 1996: Terremoto (shortfilm) 1997: Hastewas, Bistewas (shortfilm) 1998: Alles wieder still (shortfilm) 2000: Der Bombenkönig (shortfilm) 2002: Am See (shortfilm) 2003: This Very Moment (German: Milchwald) (co-writer) 2004: Die Gelegenheit (shortfilm) 2004–2005: Meier, Müller, Schmidt I–III (shortfilm) 2005: Sleeper 2005: La Paz (shortfilm) 2007: On Fiction (shortfilm) 2007: On Manipulation (shortfilm) 2007: On Romance (shortfilm) 2010: The Robber 2014: Superegos 2015: Brienner 45 (14 Films – Co-Producer/Co-director) 2015: Das unsichbare Dritte (shortfilm) 2015: Waterfall (shortfilm) 2015: War of the Worlds (shortfilm) 2015: Opfer (shortfilm) 2015: Mon Oncle (shortfilm)
Exhibitions (selection)
Exhibitions (selection)
1995 "München liegt am Meer", Munich 1996 "Paternoster" in the first Munich Highrise (Group Exhibition). 1999 "Benjamnin Heisenberg", Gallery Kampl, Kunstforum München. 2000 "Multiple Choice" Group Exhibition in the BBK, Galerie der Künstler, Munich (Group Exhibition). 2000 "Ausstellung der Debütanten" (Drawings 1993 – 99), Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (Group Exhibition, Künstlerbuch). 2001 Exhibition for the Sponsorship Award for fine arts of the city of Munich, (Group Exhibition, Catalog). 2002 "Stories — Narrative Structures in Contemporary Art", curated by Stephanie Rosenthal, Haus der Kunst, Munich (Group Exhibition; Catalog). 2002 "Intermedium 2", Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (ZKM) (Group Exhibition; Catalog). 2004 "Rote Zelle", graduates of the class of Olaf Metzel, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Rote Zelle, Munich (Group Exhibition; Catalog). 2005 "Playtime! Play, Gaming and Sports", Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London (Group Exhibition). 2005 "Say No Productions 2", Gallery Klüser, Munich (Group Exhibition). 2005 "Favoriten", Lenbachhaus, Kunstbau, Munich (Group Exhibition, Catalog). 2005 "Neue Heimat" Rathausgalerie, Munich (Group Exhibition, Catalog). 2006 "Sichtbarkeiten", Edith Ruß-House for Media and Arts, Oldenburg (Group Exhibition). 2007 "Artmix", Haus der Kunst, Munich / Bayerischer Rundfunk (Group Exhibition). 2007 "Pictograms - The Loneliness of Signs", Stiftung Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (Group Exhibition, Catalog). 2011 "Benjamin Heisenberg", Gallery Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin 2011 "ER", Kunstbüro Wien (together with Clemens Krauss). 2013 The Videonale festival of contemporary video art, Bonn. 2013 "Koste es was es wolle", Oechsner Gallery, Nürnberg (together with Olaf Unverzart). 2013 Gallery Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin (Group Exhibition). 2013 "The Berlin Film School“, The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York, USA (Catalog) 2015 "Brienner 45", NS-Dokumentationszentrum (Munich) (permanent Installation; Publikation). 2015 "Benjamin Heisenberg I of II: Money Changes Everything" (Works on Paper), Gallery Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin. 2016 "Benjamin Heisenberg II of II: Ausradiert" (Videos), Gallery Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin.
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Life and career
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2011
Der Schläfer von Benjamin Heisenberg oder wie wir heute beobachten und beobachtet werden digitised by DataCite (Zenodo).
2011
Der Räuber: Benjamin Heisenberg digitised by DataCite (Stiftung Filmbulletin).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q90929: Benjamin Heisenberg
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- “Benjamin Heisenberg”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- 6: Benjamin Heisenberg: Filming Simply as Resistance, The Counter-Cinema of the Berlin School, 2013
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2013
Awards
2000: Award for the best Diploma of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich 2001: Award in the section Fine Arts of the city of Munich 2004: Starter Film Award of the city of Munich, for The Opportunity 2004: Grand Prix du Jury (Films D’Écoles Européens), Angers European First Film Festival, for The Opportunity 2005: First Steps Award for Sleeper 2005: Midas Award, Europaws, for best fiction drama set in science and technology, London, for Sleeper 2005: Award for Best Movie in the Section Perspectives Cinéma Tout Ecran, Geneva for Sleeper 2006: Special Award of the Jury, Angers European First Film Festival, for Sleeper 2006: Max-Ophüls-Preis (Award for Best Film, Best Script, Best Music) for Sleeper 2006: Award for Best Movie, FilmArtFestival Mecklenburg-Pomerania for Sleeper 2006: Award for Best Movie, Festival du Cinéma Politique, Barcelona, for Sleeper 2006: Bavarian Culture Award of the E. ON Bayern AG 2006: Young Talent Award of the DEFA-Foundation 2010: Bavarian Film Award, Category Best Young Director, for The Robber 2010: Special Award of the Bloggers, Festival Paris Cinema, for The Robber 2010: Award for Best Director, Palic Film Festival, for The Robber 2010: Award for Best Film, Maverick, Calgary International Film Festival, for The Robber 2010: Audience Award and Special Mention of the Jury, La Roche Sur Yon International Film Festival, for The Robber 2010: Award for Best Film, Zagreb Film Festival, for The Robber 2010: Award for Best Script, Gijón International Film Festival, for The Robber 2010: Culture Award of the city of Würzburg 2011: Austrian Film Award, Best Director for The Robber 2011: Award for Best Movie, Jameson Dublin International Film Festival for The Robber
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- 1.Festival de Cannes: Sleeper. festival-cannes.com.
- 2.Hollywood Reporter: Berlin festival unveils full lineup. hollywoodreporter.com.
- 3.reachinformation.com.
- 4.Michael Guillen. GERMAN CINEMA: DER RAÜBER (THE ROBBER, 2010): Interview With Benjamin Heisenberg. TwitchFilm.
- 5.SWISS FILMS.
- 6.MoMA.
- 7.Brienner 45. 28 April 2015.
- 8.gallerytalk.
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