Pepe Danquart was born in 1955 and studied Communications from 1975-1981. He received an Academy Award in 1994 for his widely acclaimed short "Black Rider" ("Schwarzfahrer", 1993). Together with Mirjam Quinte, he co-directed "Passt bloss auf ..." (1980) and "Off Season" ("Nach Saison", 1996). His other films include: "Daedalus" (1991), a segment of "Das 7. Jahr - Ansichten zur Lage der Nation" (1997), "Playboys" (1998), "Heimspiel" (2000) - which won him the German Film Award in Gold for Best Director in 2000, "Moerderinnen" (2001), "Semana Santa" (2002), and "Hell on Wheels" ("Hoellentour", 2004, in co-direction with Werner Schweizer), "C(R)OOK" ("Basta. Rotwein oder tot sein", 2004), and "To the Limit" ("Am Limit", 2007), among others.

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