1 DON'T CALL IT HEIMWEH A 60 minute documentary by Thomas ...

Key Personnel
Thomas Halaczinsky, is an accomplished producer and director. He was born
and raised in Germany and has lived since 1991 in New York City.
Mr. Halaczinsky has produced several feature films here and abroad, amongst
them “ Facing the Forest”,(1993), directed by Peter Lilienthal shot on Location in
Israel. In the US he produced the feature film “Zoo”, 1999 and line-produced
“Cross-Eyed” in 1997.
As a documentary filmmaker he has produced and directed numerous nonfiction
films shown on Television here and abroad.
Most recently he completed the first segment of a compilation film about elderly
women in the US, entitled “I am…” that premiered at the Jewish Women’s Film
Festival in New York City, 2002.
Prior to that he produced and directed the lead segment for a TV-special about
Stanley Kubrick’s film “2001 – A Space Odyssey” reaching the year it projected
for German/French culture channel ARTE.
For his participation in the Emmy winning documentary about war crimes
against women in former Yugoslavia “Calling The Ghost” that debut on
HBO/Cinemax he won an ACE award in 1996 in the category international
documentaries.
Mr. Halaczinsky made his directorial debut as a co-director with “Der
Himmelsschluessel” (Key to Heaven) a film about a 90 year old women and the
impact that catholic religion had on her life. Directed by Karl Heinz Rehbach and
produced for renowned “Kleines Fernsehspiel” ZDF, Germany.
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