Michael Gutmann was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1956. After studying Art and German at the University of Frankfurt, he studied at the Academy of Television & Film (HFF/M) in Munich. He has worked as a screenwriter and comic artist as well as lecturer at the film schools in Ludwigsburg, Munich and Cologne. He has written and directed a number of episodes for TV series such as "Das Nest", "Ein Fall fuer zwei" and "Tatort" and co-authored a number of films directed and co-written by Hans-Christian Schmid, including "It"s a Jungle Out There" ("Nach fuenf im Urwald", 1995), 23 (1998), and "Crazy" (2000). His films as director and screenwriter include: "Von Zeit zu Zeit" (short, 1990), "How I Got Rhythm" (short, 1993), "Rohe Ostern" (1995), "Nur fuer eine Nacht" (TV, 1996), "Black Ice" ("Glatteis", TV, 1998) and "Heart over Head" ("Herz im Kopf", 2001).

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