Born in Karlsruhe on 12.12.1976, she studied production and media economics at the Munich College of Television and Film from 1998-2004 and completed an intermediate examination in these subjects, before graduating in film and television directing. After several short films she made her debut as a feature film director in 2003 with a reticent drama about female schoolteachers entitled "Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen". "Alle Anderen" marks her second feature film as a director. She also works as a producer.

Source: 59. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)