Tamara Staudt was born in 1961 in Göppingen. After initially training and working as a carpenter, she then turned to film and studied at the German Academy of Film & Television (dffb) in Berlin, while also working as a camera assistant. Her films include: "Beim Dienst" (short, 1989), "Wenn d'Maschin lauft" (documentary, 1990), "...bis Montagmorgen" (1991), "Samstags" ("Saturdays", short, 1994), "Swetlana" (1999), and "Nur ein Sommer" ("Where the Grass is Greener", 2007).

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH