Michael Trabitzsch was born in 1954 in Neumuenster and studied German Literature, Philosophy and Sociology in Goettingen and Berlin. He has worked as a freelance journalist and author for radio-features, documentaries, books and periodicals. From 1987-1991, he worked as an assistant director and assistant producer for Harun Farocki. In 1992, he founded Prounen Film in Berlin. His films include: "A Quiet Rebel. The Sculptor Wieland Foerster" (short, 1992), "District of the Refugees. A Journey into Jewish Paris" (1993), "Defenseless Hero. The Sculptor Werner Stoetzer" (1995), "The Eisenfeld Family. A Chronicle" (1995), "The Stones Still Speak" (1996), "From Thessaloniki to Berlin via Auschwitz" (1998), "The Marble Road" (2001), and "Draw Til You Drop - The Painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner" ("Zeichnen bis zur Raserei - Der Maler Ernst Ludwig Kirchner", 2001).

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