Catharina Deus was born in 1970 in Nordheide. After a directorial internship at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus theater in Hamburg, she studied Germanic Studies with an emphasis in Theater and Media, during which time she participated in a video short film group. She then began studies at the German Film & Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin. A selection of her films includes: the shorts "Steinich" (1995), "Frau mit Zeit" (1996), "Im Tor" (1997), "Ladiesnight" (1998), "Wir sind der Mittelpunkt der Welt" (music video, 1998), "1/2 8" (2000), "Der Freund der Friseuse" (2002), "About a Girl" ("Die Boxerin" (2005), "Wilsberg - Interne Affären" (TV, 2007), "Rahel - Eine Preußische Affäre" (2009) and "Ameisen gehen andere Wege".

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