Volker Schaner was born in 1968 in Augsburg. At the age of 19, he began to work as the assistant to the director Peter Fleischmann for the science-fiction movie "Hard to Be a God", followed by several documentaries. After finishing studies in Slavic Languages, Literature and History he founded his own post-production studio in Berlin where he worked on projects like "Odyssey", an animation series of 26 parts and dozens of commercial and independent productions of all kind. "Praha" (2003) is his first television documentary.

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