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Heiner Carow (19 September 1929 – 1 February 1997) was a German film director and screenwriter. His 1986 film So Many Dreams was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, he was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.
Heinrich „Heiner“ Carow war ein deutscher Regisseur und Vizepräsident der Akademie der Künste der DDR sowie Mitglied der West-Berliner Akademie der Künste.
One of the foremost directors of East Germany, Heiner Carow, who was married to film editor Evelyn Carow, died on January 31, 1997. Since 2013, the DEFA Foundation has awarded the Heiner Carow Prize to selected German fictional, essay, or documentary films shown in the Panorama program of the Berlin International Film Festival.
Heiner Carow. Director: Coming Out. Though well established within the East German movie making community, Heiner Carow had to manoeuvre when his candid, realistic work upset officials, but the popularity of some of his films and the recognition he got at festivals (like the Silver Bear in West Berlin in 1990) put him in a comfortable position ...
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- Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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- Berlin, Germany
Heiner Carow. Director: Coming Out. Though well established within the East German movie making community, Heiner Carow had to manoeuvre when his candid, realistic work upset officials, but the popularity of some of his films and the recognition he got at festivals (like the Silver Bear in West Berlin in 1990) put him in a comfortable position ...
- September 19, 1929
- January 31, 1997
Jan 31, 1997 · Biography. Heiner Carow, born September 19, 1929, in Rostock, attended the department of film directing at DEFA's studio for young directors in East Berlin for one year. Subsequently, he learned the terms of trade of a film director at DEFA's studio for popular scientific films.
DEFA studio administrators threatened to dismiss director Heiner Carow, because the withholding of state approval had financial consequences, as well as being a political blow to the Studio’s image.
