Hendrik Hinzel

About Hendrik Hinzel

I’m an award-winning documentary filmmaker, television producer, and reporter based in New York City and Germany. I have spent nearly a decade at VICE News, producing documentaries for HBO, Hulu, Showtime, Tubi and VICE TV.Other stories of mine have been published in English language outlets like the Guardian, the BBC and Mashable and in German outlets such as Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tagesspiegel, Stuttgarter Zeitung, GEO, Deutsche Welle and ARD.My work has covered a wide range of topics, ranging from investigative stories on student debt and for-profit colleges, to civil rights, private prisons and surveillance.I’ve also reported on geopolitics, such as Iran’s influence in Iraq, and on environmental issues like the US legacy of nuclear testing and the impact of climate change on Pacific island nations.Throughout my career, I’ve organized shoots in more than 25 countries and all across the U.S.I speak, German, English and French and get by in Spanish and Arabic (reading and writing).In the U.S, my work has been recognized with two Emmy Awards, two GLAAD Media Awards, a Peabody, ONA and SEJ Award, among others. In Germany, my projects earned the Axel Springer Award and the prestigious Grimme Online Award. Medium Magazin also named me one of the top 30 under 30 journalists in Germany and one of the top ten newcomer journalists in 2010.I hold a degree in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Freiburg in Germany and Cairo University in Egypt. I also have a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where I specialized in investigative reporting and documentary film.

Experience

1. Producer

   VICE Media

   Aug 2021 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Cairo University

  Political Science and Government

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

  Master of Science (M.S.), Digital Media, Investigative Journalism

• The University of Freiburg

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Islamic Studies