Helene Hegemann, born 1992 in Freiburg, grew up in Berlin and started to write screenplays at the age of 14. She managed to convince Bundeskulturstiftung with her screenplay for "Torpedo" – and so Hegemann was able to finish her first feature film already at the age of 15. The teenage drama "Torpedo", that stars well-known actors Alice Dwyer and Jule Böwe, premiered at the 2008 Hog international film festival, received extremely favourable reviews, and won the award of "Best mid-length film" at the 2009 Film Festival "Max Ophuels Preis".