Christian Alvart was born in 1974. He never attended film school, yet – self-taught – he still managed to make the leap to becoming a director. After teaching himself the craft in various assistant positions, he founded his production company Syrreal Entertainment in 1997 in Berlin. In 1999, he made his feature film debut with "Curiosity & the Cat", which was nominated for the Max Ophüls Prize. After his second feature film "Antikörper" ("Antibodies") (2005), he moved to Hollywood, where he was able to prove his passion for genre films on a grand scale. For Paramount, he directed horror-thriller "Fall 39" (2007), followed by the sci-fi thriller "Pandorum" (2008). Back in Germany, Alvart worked as a director for the "Tatort" series and was hired as the director for the Hamburg episodes of the series featuring Til Schweiger. His thriller "Banklady" was released theatrically in 2013. In 2015, he directed the buddy-comedy "Halbe Brüder" ("Half Brothers") followed by the "Tatort" feature film "Tschiller - Off Duty" in 2016. Currently, he serves as showrunner for the dark new Netflix series "Dogs of Berlin". He has acquired the worldwide rights for "Captain Future" and is working on a liveaction version of the series.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH