Emre Koca was born in 1971 in Turkey and moved at the age of four to the Upper Bavarian countryside. He studied Communications in Paris and Political Science in Munich, then Film Direction at the University of Television & Film in Munich. Active as a producer, director and author, his films include: "Weites Meer" (short, 2000, Short Tiger Award), "Cleaning up your world" (short, 2004), "Portrait Gerhard Fromm" (documentary, 2004), "Au vieux Paris" (documentary, 2006), "Anschi, Karl-Heinz & CO (TV, 2007-2009), and his graduation film "Seppi & Hias" (short, 2010).

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH