Lars Kraume was born in Chieri, Italy on February 24 1973. He grew up in Frankfurt, and after graduating from school, he started working for ad agencies and later became a freelance photographer. In 1992, he directed his first short "3:21", and from 1994 till 1998, he studied at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie (dffb) in Berlin. During that time, he worked as assistant director on Matthias Glasner"s thriller "Sexy Sadie". Kraume"s student short "Life is too short to dance with ugly women" (1996) won the award for Best Short Film at the Turin International Film Festival.

His graduation film "Dunckel" told the story of three brothers (Florian Lukas, Oliver Korittke and Sebastian Blomberg) on the run from the police after a robbery, and earned him the renowned Grimme Award for Best Director. Following the TV thriller "Der Mörder meiner Mutter" (1999), Kraume directed the satire "Viktor Vogel - Commercial Man", which is set in the world of advertisement.

He continued to work in television, and in 2005, he experienced his final breakthrough as a director thanks to three highly different projects: The documentary "Kismet – Würfel Dein Leben" follows two young men who roll a dice to decide where to go next on their trip through Europe, the rock n" roll road movie "Keine Lieder über Liebe" starring Florian Lukas, Jürgen Vogel and Heike Makatsch, and "Wo ist Max Gravert?", an acclaimed episode of the TV series "Polizeiruf 110".

His made-for-TV drama "Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe" premiered at the 2007 Berlinale and went on to win several awards. The same year, he co-founded the production company Badlands Film together with Matthias Glasner and Jürgen Vogel. Continuing his high-profile work in television, Kraume presented his next, highly anticipated cinema release in 2010: "Die kommenden Tage" is set in a near future of social and political turmoil and tells the story of two sisters who have to make life-changing decisions.