Heino Deckert has studied law in Berlin and was a student at the German Film and TV Academy Berlin (DFFB). Upon graduating in 1991 he founded the production company, Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH.

Heino meanwhile produced more than 100 award-winning documentaries for Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion. His coproduction “Rabbit á la Berlin” by Bartek Konopka got nominated for the Academy Awards 2010. He produced “Vivan Las Antipodas” by Victor Kossakovsky, which was the opening film of the Venice Film Festival 2011. In 2013 “Song From the Forest” by Michael Obert won the main award at IDFA. “Human Flow” by the artist Ai WeiWei opened in Venice competition 2017, is sold by Lionsgate and was shortlisted for the ©Oscar 2018. Victor Kossakovsky’s “Aquarela” had its premiere in Venice 2018.