Lucia-Milena Bonse was born 1981 in Bielefeld. After longer stays abroad in Philadelphia/USA and Madrid/Spain, she enrolled at the Munich University of Television and Film in 2001 to study in the Film and Television Documentary department. Besides her first documentaries she also makes journalistic television features at home and abroad. From 2005-2006, she spent two semesters at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires/Argentina.

In 2006 she worked in script development and production at Goldkind Film/TV60 in Munich, and since 2008 she has been active as a commissioning editor for ZDF"s Das kleine Fernsehspiel. "Avenida Argentina" is her graduation film. Her other films include the documentaries: "Die Münchner Freiheit" (short, 2002), "Nahostkonflikt ganz Nah" (short, 2003), "Königsblau" (short, 2004), "Bob Jones University" (short, 2007), and "Berlinale Taxi" (2008).

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH