Katja Baumgarten was born in 1959 in Hanover. She passed her examination in midwifery in 1981 and has been working as a freelance midwife in Hanover since 1983. From 1983-1992, she studied Painting and Sculpture in Hanover, followed by Film studies from 1992-1996 at the Academy of Fine Arts (HBK) in Braunschweig, where she now works and teaches in the documentary film faculty. Her films include: "Grossvater - wo komm" ich her, wo geh" ich hin" (TV, 1992), "Fast schon als Eindringling" (TV, 1993), "Mutterland" (1993), "Monika Hauser - Frauenaertzin in Zenica und Koeln" (TV, 1995), "Wie habt ihr das alle geschafft" (1997-2001), and "My Little One" ("Mein kleines Kind", 2001).

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