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Heidi Elizabeth Philipsen-Meissner first began acting, writing and directing in college while a student at the Residential College of the University of Michigan, focusing academically on an independent concentration liberal arts degree in Film, Theatre & German Literature.
However, it wasn’t until she moved to Berlin, Germany, that she truly began to act, produce and direct on a more professional scale.
She apprenticed at the politically astute and artistically acclaimed Theatre 89 in Berlin – a collaborative, independent theatre combining actors/directors from such theatres as the Maxim Gorki Theatre, the Berliner Ensemble, and the Brecht Theatre, before acting and directing in the ReActors’ Studio at the Friends of Italian Opera – Berlin’s only English-speaking theatre.
When not in theatre, Ms Philipsen-Meissner was involved in a variety of endeavors: speaking to a group of American study-abroad graduate students about "Careers in Germany" at the American Consulate General in Hamburg, acting as one of the first, two co-Managing Editors of the American Academy in Berlin's Literary Journal, "The Berlin Journal," and doing voice-over work at the legendary Grundy Ufa Studios in Babelsberg for American films.

Furthermore, Heidi made her first mark as a journalist abroad, reporting, translating and associate producing for a worldwide audience (over 28 million viewers a week) at the English language office of the internationally broadcast and globally focused television station, Deutsche Welle TV, where she worked on the international news program “The Journal” as well as the cultural and social events program “Germany Today.”

Her first film, Angel Inside, a short shot on 16 mm in Berlin, which she wrote, co-produced, 1st assistant directed and was the lead actress, won the prize of “Best First Film” at the Calgary $100 Independent Film Festival in 2000.
In 2000, Heidi returned stateside to assist at the American branch office of The American Academy in Berlin and begin her studies in International Media & Communications at Columbia University’s School of International & Public Affairs in New York City – by day. In the evenings, she took Scene Study acting classes at Terry Schreiber Studios in Chelsea and wrote/performed in such Off-off Broadway productions as Angry Jello Bubbles.
Motivated by a desire to "think globally, direct locally," in 2003, Heidi returned to her roots in Michigan and started writing, producing, acting in and directing her own pieces for both film and theater, while working as an understudy and taking classes at Oscar-winning Actor Jeff Daniel’s professional theatre company in Chelsea, Michigan, The Purple Rose Theatre.

She enrolled in film school at the Motion Picture Institute of Michigan, in 2006, and wrote, produced and directed her thesis short, “A FORK IN THE ROAD” for which she received “Best Screenplay” and was nominate for “Best Director” at the MPI Student Film Festival.

“A Fork in the Road” was a part of the official of the Reel Women International Film Festival in Burbank, C.A., on March 8, 2006; the Electric City Film Festival at the G.E. Theatre in Schenectady, N.Y. in the fall of 2008; the New Filmmakers Film Series at the Anthology Film Archives on June 10th, 2009; and a part of the official program at the Manhattan International Film Festival July 21, 2010.
In 2007, Heidi moved to Schenectady, N.Y., where she continued to work as a freelance writer, producer and director of diverse media (commercials, testimonials, company visual profiles, as well as short films and documentaries), largely in tandem with renown and established Upstate, N.Y. cinematographer, photojournalist and producer, Bob Shenise of Shenise Productions.
She also continued with acting and presenting all throughout this time, and got her Screen Actors Guild card, driving in the Core Stunts Unit in Albany, NY on the film SALT. Since then, she worked on a bevy of films, both upstate and in NYC, such as The Other Guys, Premium Rush, and Tower Heist, just to name a few.
Her film HER TELLING HEART, a short, adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Telltale Heart” marked her post-film school premiere and was a project of the official Motion Picture Institute’s Alumni Directors’ Club. It received fiscal sponsorship from New York Women in Film & Television’s Fiscal Sponsorship Program and was shot in upstate, New York in three days on the Red One camera with Patrick Elliot as the film’s Director of Photography.

“Her Telling Heart” went on to screen in multiple film festivals during its film fest tenure, winning Best Performance and Experimental Film at the Park City Film Music Film Festival in 2012 and Best Sound at the ReachOut Film Festival in Kingston, NY. It screened officially at the Salty Horror Film Festival in Salt Lake City, UT, the Hygienic Screening Room in New London, CT, New Collaborations in Detroit, MI, the Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor, MI, was an official part of the NYWIFT Summer Shorts Program and kicked off the PBS TV Film series in 2013.

In the spirit of community and industry service, Heidi served and represented Upstate Independents -- Upstate New York's Ultimate Indie Film and Media member organization -- as board member and Programming Chair, fulfilling another passion: bringing dynamic industry professionals together to exchange experiences, trade secrets and talk about the past, present and future of film, media and communications.

She resigned from her Chair in Programming at UI in January of 2013 and held the first, charter meeting for a new chapter of WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION, a project under New York Women in Film and Television, called UPWIFT, or Upstate Women in Film & Television, for women professionals in the industry living and working in upstate New York.

Now in its ninth year, UPWIFT is going strong with new leaders, while Heidi serves on its Advisory Board as President Emeritus and Founder.

Since then, Heidi has moved on to producing, directing and acting in the feature film, Darcy, as well as developing the feature film (to direct), Love & Vodka, and penning her first rom com feature film, Kidnapping Love.
She also moved back to Germany in 2018, living a year in Hamburg before relocating to Berlin, where she now holds official residency.

She is a member of the The Director List, Producer’s Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, Actors Equity Association, New York Women in Film & Television, Chicago Women in Film & Television, Upstate New York Women in Film & Television, the University of Michigan Entertainment Coalition and Columbia University’s School of International & Public Affairs Alumni Club and is a Representative for WIFT, Germany.

Heidi holds a B.A. in Film, Theatre & German Literature from the University of Michigan's Residential College, a Certificate in German Fluency from the Goethe Institute, a Masters in International Media & Communications with a Regional Focus on the European Union from Columbia University's School of International & Public Affairs, a Graduate Training Certificate in Directing, Screenwriting and Cinematography from the Motion Picture Institute, a Certificate of Completion from the Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce’s Spring 2011 Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for her company Personae Entertainment and, as of May 2021, an MBA in Management from Eastern Michigan University.
She continues to act, direct, write and produce and lives in Berlin, Germany and, Stateside, frequents between New York, LA and Detroit/Chicago.

Prehľad

Štátna príslušnosťSpojené štáty

JazykyAngličtina (Materinský jazyk), Angličtina - americká (Materinský jazyk), Angličtina - britská (plynulý), Nemčina (plynulý), Francúzština (Základné znalosti)

Narodený1976, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Spojené štáty

Hrací vek38 - 51

Veľkosť178 cm

Etnické typySeveroeurópsky / Škandinávsky, Slovan /východoeurópan, Stredoeurópan

RezidenciaBerlin - Berlín (Nemecko), Ypsilanti, Michigan (Spojené štáty)

Možnosť bývaniaHamburg - Hamburg (Nemecko), New York, NY (Spojené štáty), Chicago, Ill. (Spojené štáty), Los Angeles, CA (Spojené štáty), Atlanta, Georgia (Spojené štáty), Cologne - Severné Porýnie-Vestfálsko (Nemecko)

skutočné menoHeidi Elizabeth Johnson-Philipsen

ČlenstvoActors Equity Association (Spojené štáty)
SAG-AFTRA (Spojené štáty)
NYWIFT - New York Women in Film & Television (Spojené štáty)
Pro Quote Film (Nemecko)
Women in Film and Television Germany e.V. (Nemecko)

Zručnosti/talenty

Jazyky Angličtina (Materinský jazyk), Angličtina - americká (Materinský jazyk), Angličtina - britská (plynulý), Nemčina (plynulý), Francúzština (Základné znalosti)

Dialekty Hamburg (dobré)

Akcenty Američan (prirodzený prízvuk), Američan Stredozápad (prirodzený prízvuk), Američan - Južné štáty (veľmi dobré), Američan - západné štáty (veľmi dobré)

Tanec Freestyle (veľmi dobré), Polka (veľmi dobré), Rock 'n Roll (veľmi dobré), Tanečný tréning (veľmi dobré), Choreografia (dobré), Country tanec (dobré), Dancehall (dobré), Disco (dobré), Expresívny tanec (dobré), Funky (dobré), Gogo (dobré), HipHop (dobré), Jazzový tanec (dobré), Klasický tanec (dobré), Line Dancing (dobré), Muzikál (dobré), Scénický tanec (dobré), Swingový tanec (dobré), Tanečná improvizácia (dobré), Tanečné divadlo (dobré), Štandardný tanec (dobré), Balet (Základné znalosti), Foxtrot (Základné znalosti), Historický (Základné znalosti), Historický spoločenský tanec (Základné znalosti), Kabaretný tanec (Základné znalosti), Mestský tanec (Základné znalosti), Moderný tanec (Základné znalosti), Quick step (Základné znalosti), Spoločenské tance (Základné znalosti), Spoločenské tance (Základné znalosti), Spoločenský tanec (Základné znalosti), Striptíz (Základné znalosti), Valčík (Základné znalosti), Vogue (Základné znalosti)

Spev. Balada (veľmi dobré), Blues (veľmi dobré), Country (veľmi dobré), Divadelný spev (veľmi dobré), Folk (veľmi dobré), Gospel (veľmi dobré), Kabaret (veľmi dobré), Klasická hudba (veľmi dobré), Muzikál (veľmi dobré), Pop (veľmi dobré), Rock (veľmi dobré), Schlager (veľmi dobré), Zbor (veľmi dobré), Ľudová pieseň (veľmi dobré), Šansón (veľmi dobré), A capella (dobré), Funk (dobré), Jazz (dobré), Moderné (dobré), Pieseň (dobré), Hip hop (Základné znalosti), Opera (Základné znalosti), Punk (Základné znalosti), Rap (Základné znalosti)

Výška hlasu / dabingový hlas Alto/Altus

Hudobné nástroje Klavír (dobré), Klávesové nástroje (dobré), Trúbka (dobré), Harmonika (Základné znalosti), Lesný roh (Základné znalosti)

Šport Atletika (veľmi dobré), Biliard (veľmi dobré), Cyklistika (veľmi dobré), Fitness (veľmi dobré), Jogging (veľmi dobré), Kanoistika (veľmi dobré), Plávanie (veľmi dobré), Rafting (veľmi dobré), Americký futbal (dobré), Badminton (dobré), Baseball (dobré), Basketbal (dobré), Bowling (dobré), Jazda na kolieskových korčuliach (dobré), Jazda na koni (dobré), Joga (dobré), Kajak (dobré), Korčuľovanie na ľade (dobré), Krasokorčuľovanie (dobré), Maratón (dobré), Rybolov (dobré), Skoky padákom (dobré), Spinning (dobré), Stolný tenis (dobré), Tenis (dobré), Volejbal (dobré), Záťaže (dobré), Šípky (dobré), Alpské lyžovanie (Základné znalosti), Biliard (Základné znalosti), Divadelný boj (Základné znalosti), Futbal (Základné znalosti), Horský bicykel (Základné znalosti), Inline korčuľovanie (Základné znalosti), Kickbox (Základné znalosti), Pilates (Základné znalosti), Plachtenie (Základné znalosti), Veslovanie (Základné znalosti), Vodné lyžovanie (Základné znalosti), Šerm (Základné znalosti), Žonglovanie (Základné znalosti)

Vodičské preukazy / iné povolenia vodičák, vodičák na kamión

Ďalšie zručnosti Alexandrova technika, Básnik, Improvizácia, Novinár, Prekladateľ, Režisér, Režisér workshopu, Rozprávanie, Rozprávanie príbehov, Umelecký riaditeľ

Vzhľad

Vzdelanie a odborná príprava

Ocenenia/nominácie

2021 Best Actress (Spojené štáty) - Ocenenie
pre Mama / Keep Your Head Up, Sweet Pea

2018 Best Ensemble "Socially Relevant Film Festival" DARCY (Spojené štáty) - Ocenenie

Životopis Životopis - Televízia a streamovanie Životopis - Kino Životopis - Divadlo Životopis - Reklama Životopis - Zvuk Životopis - Ostatné

Životopis - Kino

2019

Keep Your Head Up, Sweet Pea

Personae Entertainment Pictures

Krátky film

Mládež

Sophie Meissner
Réžia

Mama
Podporná úloha

2018

Asher

Wing and a Prayer Productions

Prenos/distribútor: Momentum Pictures

Michael Canton-Jones
Réžia

Rafi's Wife
Denná úloha/malá úloha

2018

Marcy

Celovečerný film

Dráma, Thriller

Daniel Freudenberger
Réžia

Viola
Vedľajšia úloha

2018

DARCY

Personae Entertainment Pictures

Celovečerný film

Dráma, Mládež, Thriller

Eli Meissner, Jon Russell Cring
Réžia

Toni
Ansámblová hlavná úloha

2016

Hobo Heyseus

Celovečerný film

Dráma, Rodinné

Jon Russell Cring
Réžia

Florence
Podporná úloha

2016

Thirsty

Celovečerný film

Divadelná komédia, Dráma, Komédia

Margo Pelletier
Réžia

Carol
Vedľajšia úloha

2015

Unfinished Business

Celovečerný film

Komédia

Ken Scott
Réžia

German Car Rental Clerk
Denná úloha/malá úloha

2015

Behind the Mirror

Celovečerný film

Film noir, Thriller

Minos Papas
Réžia

Linda Telford
Vedľajšia úloha

2012

Her Telling Heart

Personae Entertainment Pictures

Krátky film

Historická dráma, Horor, Thriller

Eli Meissner
Réžia

Angeline
Hlavná úloha

2010

Salt

Columbia Pictures

Prenos/distribútor: Columbia Pictures

Celovečerný film

Dráma, Thriller

Philip Noyce
Réžia

Precision Driver
Špeciálny komparz

Životopis - Reklama

2018 - 2021

Visiting Angels

Roger Tully Productions

Reklama

Informatívne, Reklama, Rodinné, Vzdelávacie

Roger Tully
Réžia

Hovorca/rozprávač

2016 - 2018

Visiting Angels

Roger Tully Productions

Reklama

Informatívne, Reklama, Rodinné, Vzdelávacie

Roger Tully
Réžia

Hlavná úloha

2013

National Running Training Video *

Shenise Productions

Reklama

Bob Shenise
Réžia

Moderátor / moderátorka

2007

Sanare Health *

In Motion Studios

Reklama

Brett Donnely
Réžia

Moderátor / moderátorka

2007

CozMedic Plastic Surgery Associates

Reklama

Terry Packer
Réžia

Moderátor / moderátorka

Životopis - Zvuk

2023 - 2023

"Breaking Glass“

Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg

Dabing

Dobrodružstvo, Historická dráma, Životopisný

Nicolas Bori
Réžia

English Voice of Lead Character, Bonnie
Hlavná úloha

1998

The Mall - Flutkatastrophe im Shopping-Center

UFA Babelsberg

Prenos/distribútor: FOX

Voice-over

Akčné

Norberto Barbara
Réžia

Reporter
Malý herec

1995 - 1996

The Journal

The Journal

Prenos/distribútor: Deutsche Welle TV

Voice-over

Informatívne, Vzdelávacie, Žurnalistika

unknown
Réžia

Hovorca/rozprávač

Životopis - Ostatné

2014

Critical Thinking Challege

Aurora Studios

Prenos/distribútor: Cengage

Korporátny /priemyselný film

Garrett Nantz
Réžia

Registered Nurse
Ansámblová hlavná úloha

2014

Critical Thinking Challenge

Aurora Studios

Prenos/distribútor: Cengage

Korporátny /priemyselný film

Garrett Nantz
Réžia

Karen
Ansámblová hlavná úloha

2013

Critical Thinking Challenge

Aurora Studios

Prenos/distribútor: Cengage

Korporátny /priemyselný film

Garrett Nantz
Réžia

Dr. Rachel MacNamara
Ansámblová hlavná úloha