Born in Mill Valley, California, she grew up near Lake Walchensee in Bavaria. She studied at the University of Film and Television in Munich and shot numerous music videos. Her documentaries "Bling Bling", about the gangster rap scene in LA, and "Street Punk Moscow", about young punks in the suburbs of Moscow, won several awards. Her feature film "I Remember" was selected for the 2015 Perspektive Deutsches Kino while her concept for "Walchensee Forever" received the "Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship" in 2016; the completed film won the Bavarian Film Award in January 2020.

Source: 70. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)