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Thomas Heise

Thomas Heise

Actor, Other Crew, Director

Born August 22, 1955 in Berlin, Germany

Died May 29, 2024

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Thomas Heise was born in Berlin, the capital of the German Democratic Republic, in 1955. After finishing school, he trained as a printer. Following his military service in the East German armed forces, he began working as an assistant director at DEFA - Studio for Feature Films in Potsdam Babelsberg in 1975. From 1978 to 1983, Heise studied at the Academy of Film & Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg (HFF/B). His first film, the documentary *Wozu denn über diese Leute einen Film* (*Why a Film About These People*), made entirely with materials purchased on the black market, was banned from public screening. Since 1983, he has worked as a freelance writer and director in theatre, audio drama, and documentary. However, until the end of the GDR, all his documentary projects were either blocked by what was officially termed 'operative means' or were destroyed or confiscated.

From the early 1990s, Heise’s documentaries began to gain national and international recognition. Since 2007, he has been a Professor of Film and Media Art at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe. His earlier films explored social phenomena in the GDR and its bureaucratic system. From the late 1980s onward, his focus shifted to the transformations experienced by individuals, families, and regional communities following German reunification. His body of work addresses a broad array of socially relevant contemporary issues, including privatization, the restructuring of former industrial sectors, unemployment, and right-wing radicalism, among others.

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10 wins and 9 nominations

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HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME Trailer | TIFF 2019

Filmography

Actor

7

Type

Year

Höllental Poster

Höllental Mini-Series2021Narrator

Heimat is a Space in Time Poster

Heimat is a Space in Time Documentary2019Self

Wendezeit - Rückblick auf den Mauerfall TV Series2019Self

Àrtic TV Series2013Self

Ortung Documentary2012Bürgermeister Bäckert

Mein Bruder. We'll Meet Again Poster

Mein Bruder. We'll Meet Again Documentary2005Self

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente Poster

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente TV Series1967Self

Other Crew

2

Type

Year

Notorious Deeds Poster

Notorious Deeds Documentary2016

Spiegel TV Magazin Poster

Spiegel TV Magazin TV Series1988

Director

24

Type

Year

Heimat is a Space in Time Poster

Heimat is a Space in Time Documentary2019

Städtebewohner Poster

Städtebewohner Documentary2014

Consequence Poster

Consequence Documentary2012

Die Lage Poster

Die Lage Documentary2012

Solar System Poster

Solar System Documentary2011

20xBrandenburg Poster

20xBrandenburg Documentary2010

24 Hours Berlin Poster

24 Hours Berlin Documentary2009

Material Poster

Material Documentary2009

Children. As Time Flies Poster

Children. As Time Flies Documentary2008

Im Glück. Neger Poster

Im Glück. Neger Documentary2006

Mein Bruder. We'll Meet Again Poster

Mein Bruder. We'll Meet Again Documentary2005

Der Ausländer Poster

Der Ausländer Documentary2004

Fatherland Poster

Fatherland Documentary2002

Meine Kneipe Poster

Meine Kneipe Documentary2000

Neustadt (New Town): The State of Things Poster

Neustadt (New Town): The State of Things Documentary2000

Die Mauer TV Series1999

Barluschke Poster

Barluschke Documentary1997

Stau - Jetzt geht's los Poster

Stau - Jetzt geht's los Documentary1993

Eisenzeit Poster

Eisenzeit Documentary1992

Imbiß spezial Poster

Imbiß spezial Short Film1990

Volkspolizei 1985 Poster

Volkspolizei 1985 Documentary1985

Das Haus 1984 Poster

Das Haus 1984 Documentary1984

Wozu denn über diese Leute einen Film? Poster

Wozu denn über diese Leute einen Film? Documentary1980

Imbiß Documentary1979

Writer

20

Type

Year

Heimat is a Space in Time Poster

Heimat is a Space in Time Documentary2019

Städtebewohner Poster

Städtebewohner Documentary2014

Consequence Poster

Consequence Documentary2012

Die Lage Poster

Die Lage Documentary2012

Solar System Poster

Solar System Documentary2011

Material Poster

Material Documentary2009

Children. As Time Flies Poster

Children. As Time Flies Documentary2008

Im Glück. Neger Poster

Im Glück. Neger Documentary2006

Mein Bruder. We'll Meet Again Poster

Mein Bruder. We'll Meet Again Documentary2005

Der Ausländer Poster

Der Ausländer Documentary2004

Fatherland Poster

Fatherland Documentary2002

Meine Kneipe Poster

Meine Kneipe Documentary2000

Neustadt (New Town): The State of Things Poster

Neustadt (New Town): The State of Things Documentary2000

Die Mauer TV Series1999

Barluschke Poster

Barluschke Documentary1997

Stau - Jetzt geht's los Poster

Stau - Jetzt geht's los Documentary1993

Spiegel TV Magazin Poster

Spiegel TV Magazin TV Series1988

Volkspolizei 1985 Poster

Volkspolizei 1985 Documentary1985

Das Haus 1984 Poster

Das Haus 1984 Documentary1984

Wozu denn über diese Leute einen Film? Poster

Wozu denn über diese Leute einen Film? Documentary1980

Thanks

5

Die fremde Frau - Winterreise nach Flossenbürg Poster

Die fremde Frau - Winterreise nach Flossenbürg Documentary2015

Ortung Documentary2012

The Day When the Fools Are Gone Poster

The Day When the Fools Are Gone Documentary2012

Herr Berner und die Wolokolamsker Chaussee Documentary2011

Kinder Documentary2011

Producer

4

Städtebewohner Poster

Städtebewohner Documentary2014

Solar System Poster

Solar System Documentary2011

Material Poster

Material Documentary2009

Der Ausländer Poster

Der Ausländer Documentary2004

2nd Unit / Asst Director

3

Type

Year

Until Death Do Us Part Poster

Until Death Do Us Part Feature Film1979

Der Meisterdieb Poster

Der Meisterdieb TV Movie1978

Die zertanzten Schuhe Poster

Die zertanzten Schuhe TV Movie1977

Cinematographer

3

Material Poster

Material Documentary2009

Im Glück. Neger Poster

Im Glück. Neger Documentary2006

Der Ausländer Poster

Der Ausländer Documentary2004

Sound Department

3

Die Lage Poster

Die Lage Documentary2012

Volkspolizei 1985 Poster

Volkspolizei 1985 Documentary1985

Das Haus 1984 Poster

Das Haus 1984 Documentary1984

Editorial Department

1

Spiegel TV Magazin Poster

Spiegel TV Magazin TV Series1988

Camera and Electrical Department

1

Fatherland Poster

Fatherland Documentary2002

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