Heinz Thiel

{{short description|German film director}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

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| name = Heinz Thiel

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|5|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Magdeburg, Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|3|9|1920|5|10|df=yes}}

| death_place = Potsdam, Germany

| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1956-1977

}}

Heinz Thiel (10 May 1920 – 9 March 2003) was a German film director and screenwriter.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmportal.de/person/heinz-thiel_fd5268e829464d1fb3eae8cb794fe193 |title=Heinz Thiel |accessdate=16 December 2012 |work=filmportal}} He directed more than 20 films between 1956 and 1977. His 1967 film Bread and Roses was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |accessdate=16 December 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archivedate=16 January 2013}}