Katja Haecker

Katja Haecker

(She/Her)
Director & Writer
With the stylish eye of an experienced beauty/fashion adwoman and writer, and the spirit of a racing car fan, Katja Haecker had her call in 2015 - venturing since into the film world as a director/writer for commercials, shorts, docs and features.

Full Bio
As an experienced creative for the advertising world, Katja Haecker never felt her passion for storytelling could be fulfilled until she found her call in 2015. Since then she had the opportunity to write and film direct not only commercials, but also personal projects, like ‘Endless Me’, a one-of-kind fashion short film (‘beauty’ meets ‘David Lynch’), as well as ‘Laps of Honor’, a documentary about the protagonist’s, and Katja’s other, passion, fast cars which she plans to turn into a Mini-Series and is nominated at the International Motor Film Awards 22 for best documentary short.

She also attended the Cinematography and Screenwriting courses at the London Film Academy. A German native and well-traveled European, Katja Haecker moved to the US in 2007 and, since then, has chosen to work between both continents and wherever her passion for movies would take her. Driven, experienced and focused, she has but one goal: to direct and/or write a feature film for a major film company. Open to all kinds of sub

Industry Awards
Laps of Honor featuring Herbert Engel - short documentary:
Best Documentary Short at the Grand Motoring Festival, Best Cinematography-Documentary at the NYWIFT & iWomanTV online festival and Nominated for Best Documentary Short at the International Motor Film Awards in London.
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