Sebastian Winkels was born in 1968 and worked as a camera assistant before entering the "Konrad Wolf" Academy of Film & Television (HFF/B) in Potsdam-Babelsberg in 1996. His film "The Upper Storey" ("Oberstube", 2000) was presented in the short film competition at Venice in the same year. His other films include: "Volles Rohr" (documentary short, 1997), "Hase & Igel" (documentary short, 2000), "partie lento" (short, 2001), "Innen-Aussen-Mongolei" (documentary short, 2002), and "7 Brothers" ("7 Brueder", documentary, 2003).

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