Karin Heberlein

Screenwriter, Director

Born in Basel Switzerland. Trained at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London. She worked as an actress for various theatres in the UK, collaborated and performed with a number of Ensembles and toured festivals around the globe. In 2013 she received a scholarship for the “Drehbuchwerkstatt Munich” at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen HFF in Munich. Since then, she works as a writer and director. She is a member of the Swiss association for directors and writers ARF/FDS and a member of the European Film Academy.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2022
Einfach Nina by Karin Heberlein
2020
Sami, Joe und Ich by Karin Heberlein
2015
Linard, Monti und die Musik by Karin Heberlein, Annette Carle

Screenwriter

2023
Tatort – Seilschaft by Tobias Ineichen
2023
Tatort – Blinder Fleck by Tobias Ineichen
2022
Einfach Nina by Karin Heberlein
2020
Sami, Joe und Ich by Karin Heberlein
2015
Linard, Monti und die Musik by Karin Heberlein, Annette Carle

Awards

(a selection)

2021
Chicago, The Chicago Int. Children's Film Festival, Mongomery Prize Emerging Director (Winner) in Sami, Joe und Ich
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