Iain Dilthey was born in 1971 in Scotland. From 1992-1997, he studied Chemistry and Pharmaceutics in Marburg and Mainz, followed by work as a scriptwriter and director"s and production assistant on various television programs, reports and short films. He began studying Directing in 1997 at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg. His films include the shorts: "Es war einmal ein Kind" (1995), "Gegen die Stille" (1996), "Bergpredigt" (1998), "Joseph 98" (1998), "Partisanen!" (1999), "Sommer auf Horlachen" (1999), "I"ll Wait on You Hand and Foot" (ich werde Dich auf Haende Tragen, 2000), and his graduation film "The Longing" ("Das Verlangen", 2002), winner of the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 2002.

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