Heidi Specogna
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
- Website
- www.heidispecogna.de
Born in Biel, Switzerland. She graduated from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) in 1988. She is known for her award-winning documentaries TANIA LA GUERRILLERA (1991), TUPAMAROS (1997), THE SHORT LIFE OF JOSÉ ANTONIO GUTIERREZ (2006) and CARTE BLANCHE (2011). Her last film CAHIER AFRICAN (2016) won Best Documentary at the Swiss Film Awards 2017 as well as at the German Film Awards. In 2019 she was honoured with the Konrad-Wolf-Prize of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. STAND UP MY BEAUTY (2021) premiered in Locarno's Semaine de la critique.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2024
- The Lady with the Arrows by Heidi Specogna
- 2021
- Stand up my Beauty by Heidi Specogna
- 2016
- Cahier africain by Heidi Specogna
- 2014
- Pepe Mujica - Lessons From The Flowerbed by Heidi Specogna
- 2012
- Esther und die Geister by Heidi Specogna
- 2011
- Carte Blanche by Heidi Specogna
- 2010
- Das Schiff des Torjägers by Heidi Specogna
- 2006
- The Short Life Of José Antonio Gutierrez by Heidi Specogna
- 2004
- Zeit der roten Nelken by Heidi Specogna
- 2002
- Kaprun by Heidi Specogna
- 1997
- Tupamaros by Heidi Specogna, Rainer Hoffmann
- 1995
- Z-man's Kinder by Heidi Specogna
- 1993
- Deckname: Rosa by Heidi Specogna
- 1991
- Tania la Guerrillera by Heidi Specogna
- 1988
- Dschibuti by Heidi Specogna
- 1987
- Das Schwinden der Schwelle by Heidi Specogna
- 1985
- Das Indianerkind by Heidi Specogna
- 1984
- Fährten by Heidi Specogna
- 1983
- Die Beichte by Heidi Specogna
- 1982
- Tasta-Tour by Heidi Specogna
- 1982
- Empfindlich by Heidi Specogna
Screenwriter
- 2024
- The Lady with the Arrows by Heidi Specogna
- 2021
- Stand up my Beauty by Heidi Specogna
- 2016
- Cahier africain by Heidi Specogna
- 2011
- Carte Blanche by Heidi Specogna
- 2006
- The Short Life Of José Antonio Gutierrez by Heidi Specogna
- 2004
- Zeit der roten Nelken by Heidi Specogna
- 1997
- Tupamaros by Heidi Specogna, Rainer Hoffmann
- 1995
- Z-man's Kinder by Heidi Specogna
- 1993
- Deckname: Rosa by Heidi Specogna
- 1991
- Tania la Guerrillera by Heidi Specogna
Producer
- 2016
- Cahier africain by Heidi Specogna
- 2011
- Carte Blanche by Heidi Specogna