Born in Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany in 1965, she studied media art and expermimental film at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) before moving to New York in 1996 where she produced numerous short films, co-directed the documentary "Cinemania" with Stephen Kijak and studied film production and directing at the city‘s New School University.

Since returning to Berlin in 2001 she has worked as a freelance writer, director, editor and cinematographer and lectured at UdK and Freie Universität Berlin.

Source: 63. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)