Thomas Schadt was born in 1957 in Nuremberg. During his Photography studies, he worked as a film projectionist, photography assistant and theater photographer, followed by studies at the German Film & Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin from 1980-1983. He then founded his own film production company, Odyssee-Film, and has been working since as a freelance documentary filmmaker, photographer and cinematographer. Since 1991, he has been teaching at various film academies, including the dffb and the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg.

His films include: his graduation film "Was hab i in Hawaii verloren" (1982), "Unterwegs nach immer und ueberall – Eine Deutschlandreise" (1985/1986), "Der Autobahnkrieg" (1991) – winner of the Adolf Grimme Award, "Grenzgaenge – Die Deutschen auf der Suche nach einer Identitaet" (1993) and "Augenzeugen – Die Fotografen Hoepker, Lebeck, Moses und Scheler" (1998) together with Reiner Holzemer, "Der Kandidat – Gerhard Schroeder im Wahlkampf ‘98" (1998) – winner of the German Television Award for Best Documentary in 1999, "Hans im Glueck – Deutsche Banker an der Wall Street" (1999), "My Way – James Last" (2001), "Berlin Symphony" ("Berlin - Sinfonie einer Grossstadt", 2002), and many, many more.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH