Bertram Verhaag was born in Sosnowitz in 1944 and studied Sociology and Political Economics. After working at the Munich City Council"s town development department, he attended the University of Television & Film Munich. In 1976, he founded the production company DENKmal-Film with Claus Strigel. A selection of their films includes: "What"s this called love" (1978), "Really too much" (1983), "Nuclear split" (1987), "Runaway" (1992), "Blue eyed" (1996), "The cross-over artist" (1997), The agro rebell" (2000), "The last man alive" (2001), "86,000 seconds – Sometime someday in America" (2002), "Thunderbird Woman – Winona la Duke" (2003), "Life running out of control" (2004), "Life in plastic" (2008), and "Scientists under attack – genetic engineering in the magnetic field of money" (2010), among others.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH