Julia von Heinz (born 3 June 1976 in

West Berlin West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under m ...

) is a German

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

Life and work

From 2005 to 2006, Julia von Heinz worked as a personal assistant for the director and professor

Rosa von Praunheim Holger Bernhard Bruno Mischwitzky (born Holger Radtke; 25 November 1942), known professionally as Rosa von Praunheim, is a German film director, author, painter and one of the most famous gay rights activists in the German-speaking world. In ov ...

at the

Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg The Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg (German: ''Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf'') is the oldest and largest film school in Germany. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, as well as post-graduate studies in all fields o ...

. Her debut feature film ''Nothing Else Matters'', a coming of age-

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

, premiered at the

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

in 2007, was shown at numerous international festivals and won awards. After that, she shot the documentary film ''Standesgemäß'' (2008) about single aristocratic women. In 2012, her children's film ''Hanni & Nanni 2'', based on the series of novels by

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, was released successfully in cinemas. Together with the directors

Tom Tykwer Tom Tykwer (; born 23 May 1965) is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thriller films ''Run Lola Run'' (1998), ''Heaven'' (2002), '' Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'' ...

, Chris Kraus,

Robert Thalheim Robert Thalheim (born July 2, 1974, in Berlin) is a German stage and film director and screenwriter. Thalheim was an assistant director at the ''Berliner Ensemble'' in 1997–98. He then studied modern German literature, history and politics at th ...

and

Axel Ranisch Axel Ranisch (born 30 June 1983 in Berlin) is a German actor, film and television director and author. Life Ranisch lived in his childhood in Berlin-Lichtenberg. He studied until 2004 theatre pedagogy in Flecken Zechlin. From 2004 to 2011 Ranis ...

, she made the documentary film ''Pink Children'' (2012) about their common mentor Rosa von Praunheim. Also in 2012 von Heinz received her

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with a concentration in Film and teaches at the

University of Television and Film Munich The University of Television and Film Munich (German: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, short: HFF Munich) is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. The school was established in 1966 by decree of the Bavarian government. T ...

. In addition to teaching, she continues to make films. Her greatest international success to date was ''

And Tomorrow the Entire World ''And Tomorrow the Entire World'' (german: Und morgen die ganze Welt) is a 2020 German-French political drama film directed by Julia von Heinz. It premiered in competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. It was selected as the Ger ...

'' (2020). In this feature film she processed her own experiences as a teenager in Antifa.

Awards (selection)

* 2008: Special Jury Award at the Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (''Nothing Else Matters'') * 2009:

Bavarian TV Award Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (the Bavarian TV award) is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989. The prize symbol is the "Blue Panther", a figure from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. The prize money is €10,000 (S ...

(''Standesgemäß'') * 2012: Golden Sparrow of the Children's Jury at the German Children's-Film & TV-Festival (''Hanni and Nanni 2'') * 2020: Nomination for the Golden Lion at the

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(''And Tomorrow the Entire World'') * 2021:

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(''And Tomorrow the Entire World'') * 2021: Film Award of the City of Hof (Honorary Award) at the

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Filmography (selection)

* 2001: ''Dienstags'' * 2007: ''Nothing Else Matters'' * 2008: ''Standesgemäß'' * 2012: ''Hanni and Nanni 2'' * 2012: ''Pink Children'' * 2013: ' * 2015: '' I'm Off Then'' * 2020: ''

'' * 2021: ''Eldorado KaDeWe'' (mini-series)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:von Heinz, Julia 1976 births Living people Film people from Berlin