Till Franzen was born in 1973 near the German/Danish border. He studied at the European Film College in Denmark and at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). His films include: "Rauchzeichen" (short, 1988), "Dialog" (short, 1990), "The Haunted Chicken" (short, 1993), "My Northern Western" (short, 1994), "Paenyz" (short, 1995), "Owschlag - Mekong Delta" (short, 1995), "Alte Hits" (short, 1996), "Im Hotel an der Grenze" (short, 1998), "Babuschka Johnny" (short, 1999), "Heute ist ein schoener Tag" (short, 1999), "Wieder Zuhause" (short, 1999), and "Die grosse Operation" (short, 2000).

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