Heinrich "Heiner" Carow (19 September 1929 – 1 February 1997) was a German film director and screenwriter.

Heinrich Carow was born on 19 September 1929 in Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany.

[2] In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.

[1] The Heiner Carow Prize (for best German young film) was established by the DEFA Foundation in 2013.

[6] In 2024, Eva Trobisch won the prize for her film Ivo.