Benjamin Heisenberg


Benjamin Heisenberg is a German film director and screenwriter. He has directed sixteen films since 1995. His film Schläfer was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film, The Robber, was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. He is also the grandson of Nobel Prize winning physicist Werner Heisenberg via father Martin Heisenberg. He is co-editor and co-publisher of the German film magazine Revolver.

Early life

Benjamin Heisenberg was born in Tübingen, Germany to Martin Heisenberg and Apollonia, Countess of Eulenburg. He grew up in small village near Würzburg where his father was professor of neurobiology. In 1993 he studied at the academy of fine arts in Munich. He finished the academy of fine arts in 1998, winning the "Debütantenpreis" for the three best students of the year.

Filmography