Benjamin Heisenberg (born 9 June 1974) is a German

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

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. He has directed sixteen films since 1995. His film '' Schläfer'' was screened in the

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section at the

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. His 2010 film, '' The Robber'', was nominated for the

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at the

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. He is the grandson of

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-winning physicist

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, via his father Martin Heisenberg. He is co-editor and co-publisher of the German film magazine ''Revolver''.

Early life

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 The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. Founded in 1402, it is one of the ol ...

, and Benjamin grew up in small village near there. In 1993, he studied at the academy of fine arts in

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. He finished his studies in 1998, winning the "Debütantenpreis", given to the three best students of the year.

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'' () (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)

Awards

* 2000: Award for the best Diploma of the

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* 2001: Award in the section Fine Arts of the city of

* 2004: Starter Film Award of the city of

, 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,

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, 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, Gijon International Film Festival, for ''The Robber'' * 2010: Culture Award of the city of

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* 2011: Austrian Film Award, Best Director for ''The Robber'' * 2011: Award for Best Movie,

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for ''The Robber''

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),

(Group Exhibition, Künstlerbuch). * 2001 Exhibition for the Sponsorship Award for fine arts of the city of

, (Group Exhibition, Catalog). * 2002 "Stories — Narrative Structures in Contemporary Art", curated by Stephanie Rosenthal,

Haus der Kunst The ''Haus der Kunst'' (, ''House of Art'') is a museum for modern and contemporary art in Munich, Bavaria. It is located at Prinzregentenstraße 1 at the southern edge of the Englischer Garten, Munich's largest park. It was built between 1933 an ...

, 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,

, Rote Zelle, Munich (Group Exhibition; Catalog). * 2005 "Playtime! Play, Gaming and Sports",

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(ICA), London (Group Exhibition). * 2005 "Say No Productions 2", Gallery Klüser, Munich (Group Exhibition). * 2005 "Favoriten",

Lenbachhaus The Lenbachhaus () is a building housing the Städtische Galerie (English: Municipal Gallery) art museum in Munich's ''Kunstareal''. The building The Lenbachhaus was built as a Florentine-style villa for the painter Franz von Lenbach between ...

, 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",

, Munich /

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(Group Exhibition). * 2007 "Pictograms - The Loneliness of Signs", Stiftung

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(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

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, MoMA, New York, USA (Catalog) * 2015 "Brienner 45",

NS-Dokumentationszentrum (Munich) The NS-Dokumentationszentrum (NSDOKU) is a museum in the Maxvorstadt area of Munich, Germany, which focuses on the history and consequences of the Nazi Germany, National Socialist (Nazi) regime and the role of Munich as ''Hauptstadt der Bewegung ...

(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.

References

External links

* * http://www.benjaminheisenberg.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Heisenberg, Benjamin 1974 births

Benjamin Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...

Living people Film people from Baden-Württemberg People from Tübingen