Henrik Meyer

Career History:

• 2007-Present: Owner/Producer, Red Cedar Films Inc., Vancouver, BC
• 2006-2009: Owner/Producer, Prairie Schooner Films Inc., Calgary, AB
• 2004-2006: Vice President/Producer, True West Films Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada
• 2002-2004: Independent Producer, Hamburg, Germany
• 1996-2002: President/Executive Producer, Studio Hamburg Letterbox Films, Germany
• 1992-1998: Producer, Studio Hamburg Productions, Germany
• 1988-1992: Producers Program at the University for Television and Film in Munich, Germany
• 1989-1989: Summer Sessions Program at University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) Internships at The David Geffen Company and at Amblin Entertainment, USA

Selected Production Credits:

• SHANA - THE WOLF'S MUSIC
  (2013, 95 min., feature film co-production between Reck Filmproduktion and Red Cedar Films/Really Real Films, distributed by Cinema Esperanca International, to be released in 2014)
• GOLD
  (2012, 120 min., feature film with Schramm Film and Red Cedar Films, distributed internationally by The Match Factory, will be released in Canada by FilmsWeLike) Official Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival 2013
• TRACES OF THE PAST
  (2012, 90 min, TV Movie for ZDF German TV and Polyphon, based on a novel by Emilie Richards, shot in New Zealand, aired to record ratings in Germany 2012)
• WHISKEY ISLAND
  (2011, 90 min, TV Movie for ZDF German TV and Polyphon, based on a novel by Emilie Richards, shot in New Zealand, aired in Germany 2011)
• DUNCAN'S LADY
  (2011, 90 min, TV Movie for ZDF German TV and Polyphon, based on a novel by Emilie Richards, shot in New Zealand, aired in Germany 2011)
• THE VALLEY OF WILD ROSES
  (2006-2009, 12 x 90 min, TV Movie Program for ZDF German TV and Polyphon Productions, period settler movies in Alberta, aired between 2007 and 2009)
• EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN
  (2006, 95 min, Feature distributed by Equinoxe Films in Canada in 2006 and internationally by Shoreline Entertainment) Best Canadian Feature at the Vancouver and Edmonton Film Festivals, Leo Award winner for Best Feature-Length Drama and Best Screenplay in British Columbia
• MISS TEXAS
  (2004, 2x90 min, TV Mini Series for SAT.1 German TV, aired in 2005)
• ROSENSTRASSE
  (2003, 136 min, Feature distributed in Germany in 2003 by Concorde, in Canada in 2004 by Capri, in the US in 2004 by Samuel Goldwyn Films, and internationally by Studio Canal) Coppa Volpi Award as Best Actress to Katja Riemann at Venice Int'l Film Festival, nomination for the European Film Award as Best Actress for Katja Riemann; Donatello Award, the Italian Film Price as Best Picture from the European Union
• LOOKING FOR A GUARDIAN ANGEL
  ("Schutzengel gesucht", 2001, 90 min, TV Movie for ARD German TV, aired in 2001)
• GRAN PARADISO
  (2000, 102 min, Feature distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in Germany in 2000) Nomination for the German Film Award as Best Picture, German Film Award for Antje Westermann as Best Supporting Actress, Nomination for the German Film Award for Frank Giering as Best Supporting Actor, Gilde Award in Silver of the German Art-House Association.
• CAN'T MISS
  ("'ne günstige Gelegenheit", 1999, 102 min, Feature, Warner Bros. Pictures, Germany)
• LONG HELLO AND SHORT GOODBYE
  (1999, 95 min, Feature, Warner Bros. Pictures, Germany)
• A TALE OF MORALS
  ("Macht", 1998, 95 min, TV Movie for SAT.1 German TV)
• WATERFRONT
  ("Die Gang", 1996/97, 1x90 min.+12x48 min, TV Series for ARD German TV) THE PACT ("Der Pakt", 1996, 98 min, TV Movie for SAT.1 German TV) Telestar Award, Golden Lion Award and 3sat Audience Award at the Baden-Baden Television Festival, all in Germany in 1997.
• TALK OF THE TOWN
  („Stadtgespräch", 1995, 90 min, Feature, ZDF/Buena Vista International) Highest grossing German film released in 1995. Nomination for the German Film Award as Best Picture; German Film Award for Best Actress, Ernst Lubitsch Award and Bavarian Film Award for Best Actress for Katja Riemann; Bavarian Film Award and Director's Award at the Munich Film Festival for Rainer Kaufmann.
• INNOCENT ANGEL
  ("Unschuldsengel", 1994, 90 min, TV Movie for ZDF German TV) Several Best Newcomer Actress Awards to the leading Nicolette Krebitz.