Henrik Peschel

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Henrik Peschel, also known as Henna Peschel (born 1967 in Hamburg), is a German film director, screenwriter, cameraman and producer.

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Career

Peschel has been working in film since the 1990s. He taught himself film-making, starting with music videos for popular independent music acts like Frank Black (Ex-Pixies) who wrote the soundtrack for “Fight Club”. His first two short movies Rollo Aller! and Rollo Aller! 2, shot on Super-8 about two slackers succeeded to gain cult status in Hamburg, winning audience awards at two German Film festivals. [1] [2] [3]

Peschel later worked as cameraman for German directors Klaus Lemke  [ de ], Wolfgang Büld and Fatih Akin. The TV documentary Punk in the Jungle, shot in Indonesia with him as director of photography was nominated for the prestigious German TV award Grimme-Preis in 2008. [4]

After directing short and mid-length films, [5] Peschel co-directed the mockumentary Dicke Hose with Miles Terheggen in 2009 to critical acclaim. [6] His first feature film Pete The Heat (2009) won the Montblanc Script Award at Filmfest Hamburg in 2010. [7] Peschel's second feature film Si-o-se Pol (2013) set in Algeria, Spain and France is his first directorial work with an international theme.

Filmography (selection)

Director, script writer and producer:

Camera:

Producer:

Awards

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  2. ↑ "Terrorists on the red carpet". Hamburger Morgenpost. 2009-09-28.
  3. ↑ Volker Hummel (November 4, 2011). "Die Leute". Der Freitag . Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Nominations for information and culture 2008". Grimme Preis. Archived from the original on 2012-09-24.
  5. ↑ "Hamburgs Heimatfilm Madboy". Die Welt. 2009-06-30.
  6. ↑ "From pizza delivery man to Godfather of HipHop". Der Spiegel Online. 2010-05-27.
  7. ↑ "Henna Peschel wins Montblanc Script Award". Hamburger Abendblatt. 2010-10-09.
  8. ↑ "Review 2009: Undisputed highlight Dicke Hose". Unerhört Filmfest.
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