Maria Hengge was born in 1970 in Chicago and grew up in Munich. She finished studies in Acting in 1998 at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and was a member of the ensemble at the Burgtheater until 2005. She also studied Dramaturgy at the Film University Babelsberg. Her first short film "The Last Bus" (2008) screened at over 30 international film festivals. "Sin & Illy" (2014/15) is her feature debut.

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