Eva Demmler was born in 1966 and studied Italian, Spanish and Dutch at the Free University in Berlin. After spending two years abroad in the USA and Italy, she started working as a producer, journalist and director for numerous television productions. A selection of her work includes the television reports "Zerstoerer aus Leidenschaft - Sprengmeister in Aktion" (2000), "Einseifen, wischen - abkassieren - Polnische Akkordarbeit im Ampeltakt" (2001), "Berlins Unterwelt" (2002), "Risiko Bus - Polizeikontrollen vor der Klassenfahrt" (2003), "In tierischer Not" (2004), and "Elefant, Tiger & Co." (2005) among others, and the short "Just a Smile" ("Nur ein Laecheln", 2005). Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH