Andreas Kannengießer was born in 1978 in Nordhausen (in the former GDR) and grew up in Bergen on the island of Ruegen. He completed an apprenticeship in Hamburg at NDR and worked in Berlin as an assistant director, in casting and production. In 2004 he took up studies at the Film & Television Academy "Konrad Wolf" in Potsdam-Babelsberg. A selection of his films includes: the shorts "Aus ist der Krieg" (2004), "Knastfilme" (2005), "Der lockere Stand" (2005), "Clearing Perry and Mamy" (2005), "Herz Hart Still" (2006), and his feature debut "Planet Carlos" (2008).

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH