Hans Steinbichler was born in 1966 in Solothurn/Switzerland. He studied Law in Passau and Film at the Academy of Television & Film (HFF/M) in Munich. His films include: "Abstieg" (short, 1996), "Mono" (short, 1998), "Verspiegelte Zeit - Erinnerungen von Angelika Schrobsdorff" (documentary, 1999), "Die Germaniker - römisch-deutsche Karrieren" (documentary, 2000), "Hierankl" (2003), "Der Moralist - Vittorio Hoesle entdeckt Amerika" (documentary, 2003), "Inseln im Chiemsee" (documentary, 2003), "Winterreise" ("Winter Journey", 2005), "Autistic Disco" (2007), "Die zweite Frau" ("My Mother, My Bride and I", 2007), and "Das Blaue vom Himmel" ("Promising the Moon", 2010).

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