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.

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, 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"

External links

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. 
  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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