Henrik Peschel

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

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:

• Si-o-se Pol (2013)
• Pete the Heat (2009)
• Dicke Hose (2009)
• Madboy (2008)
• Rollo Aller! 2 (1992)
• Rollo Aller! (1990)

Camera:

• Harrys Comeback (2010)
• Koffie To Go (2010) (TV)
• Pete the Heat (2009)
• Dicke Hose (2009)
• Madboy (2008)
• Die Glücklichen (2008)
• Punk im Dschungel (2007) (TV)
• 3 Minuten Heroes (2005) (TV)
• Träum weiter, Julia! (2004) (TV)
• Rollo Aller! 2 (1992)
• Rollo Aller! (1990)

Producer:

• Twisted Sisters (2006)

Awards

• 2009 Audience Award Best Film at Unerhört Music Film Festival, Hamburg for "Dicke Hose"[8]
• 2010 Montblanc Script Award at Filmfest Hamburg for "Pete The Heat"
• 2014 Festival Grand Prize at Arizona International Film Festival for "Si-o-se Pol"
• 2014 Special Jury Peace Award at Gothenburg Independent Film Festival, Sweden for "Si-o-se Pol"
• 2014 Kim Daejung Nobel Peace Film Art Special Award at Gwangju International Film Festival for "Si-o-se Pol"
• 2014 Special Prize for Human Rights Recognition at Oaxaca FilmFest for "Si-o-se Pol"
• 2014 Best Indie Feature at IndieCork Film Festival, Ireland for "Si-o-se Pol"
• 2015 Best Feature at Cardiff Independent Film Festival, Wales for "Si-o-se Pol"
• 2015 Best Foreign Language Feature at Orlando Film Festival for "Si-o-se Pol"

External links

• Henrik Peschel at IMDb

References

1. "Henrik "Henna" Peschel". taz. 2008-09-27.
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. Archived from the original on 2011-11-20.