Peruvian-born Dutch film director (1951–2022)

Heddy Honigmann (1 October 1951 – 21 May 2022) was a Peruvian-born Dutch film director of fictional and do*entary films.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Filmography
• 5 Awards
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life and education

Honigmann was born on 1 October 1951 in Lima, Peru to Polish Jewish immigrants.

Career

Most of Honigmann's films were Dutch productions, but were made in a variety of languages. In 2003 the Museum of Modern Art in New York held a retrospective showing of a number of her films, as did the International Do*entary Film Festival Munich in 2020. Honigmann won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2007 Hot Docs Canadian International Do*entary Festival. In November 2011, the Centre Pompidou in Paris held a retrospective showing of all of her films. She toured Europe from 2012 to 2014 performing the art of mime. She graced the stages of many prestigious theaters including the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Palais Garnier, and Great theater of Epidaurus Greece.

Personal life

Honigmann spent most of her adult life in the Netherlands, having become a Dutch citizen.She died in Amsterdam on 21 May 2022 at the age of 70.

Filmography

Awards

• Golden Calf for Best Long Do*entary (2000) for Crazy
• Golden Calf for Best Long Do*entary (2006) for Forever
• Best International Director at the Do*entary Edge Festival (2009) for El El Olvido
• ShortCutz Amsterdam Career Award (2017)

References

External links

• Homepage Heddy Honigmann
• Interview with Heddy on eRenlai.com
• Heddy Honigmann at IMDb