Susann Maria Hempel was born in 1983 in Greiz in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). She studied Media Art & Design from 2001-2009 at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. Her award-winning films include: "The Crying Third" (2008), "The Man Who Did Not Want to Cry" (2009), "Die Fliegen (The Birds II)" (2010), "Wie ist die Welt so stille" ("The World in Stillness Clouded", 2012), "Der große Gammel" ("The Big Rot", 2013), and "Sieben Mal am Tag beklagen wir unser Los und nachts stehen wir auf, um nicht zu träumen" ("Seven Times a Day We Bemoan Our Lot And at Night We Get Up to Avoid Dreaming", 2014).

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH