Helene Hegemann

Biography

Helene Hegemann is a German writer, actress, singer/songwriter and film director. She is best known for "Axolotl Overkill", published in 2010. A book that put Helene on all the top chatshows and in the arts pages of every German newspapers. At the height of the furore, Hegemann was the focus of a campaign spearheaded by German literary giant Günter Grass to protect writers' intellectual copyright. Some critics went so far as to suggest the novel had been written by her father.

Known For

Lust for Fear - True Crime Fascination
Lust for Fear - True Crime Fascination
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
Wer hat Angst vor Sibylle Berg?
Wer hat Angst vor Sibylle Berg?

Filmography

2024 Longreads
as Self - Host
2023 Lust for Fear - True Crime Fascination
as Self
2023 Studio Orange
as Self
2022 So Long Daddy, See You in Hell
as Kommunardin
2019 6Minutes66
as Herself
2016 Wer hat Angst vor Sibylle Berg?
as Herself
2015 Dreamgirls
as Bocklose Praktikantin
2013 Neo Magazin Royale
as Guest
2009 Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
as (segment "Die Unvollendete")
2004 Kulturplatz
as Self
1997 Nachtstudio
as Self
1995 Kulturzeit
as self