Background
Heddy Honigmann was born on 1 October 1951 in Lima, Peru to Polish Jewish immigrants.
Heddy Honigmann was born on 1 October 1951 in Lima, Peru to Polish Jewish immigrants.
She has spent most of her adult life in the Netherlands, having become a Dutch citizen. Most of her films have been Dutch productions, but have been made in a variety of languages. In 2003 the Museum of Modern Art in New York held a retrospective showing of a number of her films.
In November 2011, the Centre Pompidou in Paris held a retrospective showing all of her films.