Heidi Specogna

Director, Screenwriter, Producer

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). 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
Die Vision der Claudia Andujar / 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
Die Vision der Claudia Andujar / 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
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