Benjamin Heisenberg

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.

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)

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.