Heidi Specogna was born in 1959 in Switzerland. From 1982-1988, she studied Directing at the German Film & Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin. She also lectures in Documentary Film-making at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg and the Lucerne Art School. Her films in clude: "Die Beichte" (short, 1983), "Die Faehrten" (documentary, 1984), "Das Indianerkind" (short, 1985), "Das Schwinden der Schwelle" (documentary, 1987), "Dischibuti" (short, 1988), "Tania La Guerrillera" (documentary,1991), "Deckname Rosa" (documentary, 1993), "Z-Man’s Kinder" (1995), "Tupamaros" (1996), "Kaprun" (documentary, 2002), "Eine Familienangelegenheit" (documentary, 2004), "Zeit der roten Nelken" (documentary, 2006), "The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez" (Das kurze Leben des José Antonio Gutierrez, documentary, 2006), "The Goalgetter’s Ship" (Das Schiff des Torjaegers, documentary, 2010), and "Die Ermittler" (documentary, 2010).

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