Christian Zübert was born in 1973 in Würzburg. Since 1997, he has concentrated on scriptwriting and has written numerous screenplays for film and television. Sönke Wortmann took up contact with him upon recommendation, and after receiving Zuebert"s script for "Lammbock - Shit Happens" ("Lammbock - Alles in Handarbeit", 2001), convinced him to take over direction of the film, making "Lammbock" his directorial debut, followed by "Echte Männer" (2002), "The Treasure of the White Falcons" ("Der Schatz der weißen Falken", 2004), "Hardcover" (2008) and "Three Quarter Moon" ("Dreiviertelmond", 2011).

He has also co-written the scripts for the films "Fandango" (1998), "Girls on Top"("Mädchen Mädchen", 2001), "Red Zora" ("Die rote Zora") and "Neue Vahr Süd" (TV, 2010), among others.