Florian Heinzen-Ziob

Born 1984 in Düsseldorf, Germany. After leaving school, he worked at the Düsseldorf theatre as assistant director and as an editor and animator in Hamburg.

2006 – 2012 he studied media arts and film direction at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, where he wrote and directed a range of feature and animated films and documentaries.

2012 – 2018 he produced and directed two feature-length documentary films “Original Copy“ (2015) and “German Class” (2018). His films were screened at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Hot Docs Toronto and the Sheffield Doc/Fest. Meanwhile he founded his own production company “polyphem“.

Florian Heinzen-Ziob lives and works in Cologne, Germany.


FILMOGRAPHIE

GERMAN CLASS / documentary film / concept, editor, director and producer / 2018
FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY / shortfilm / screenplay, editor, director and producer / 2016
ORIGINAL COPY / documentary film / concept, editor, director and producer / 2015
TOMO / shortfilm / screenplay, editor, director / 2013
GROWTH / shortfilm / screenplay, editor, director / 2011
KONSERWACJA / shortfilm / concept, editor, director / 2008