Jakob Schmidt was born in 1989. He has worked in journalism and completed several production internships. A student at the Film University Babelsberg "Konrad Wolf", his films include: the shorts "Lieber wär' ich Mörder" ("I'd rather be a Murderer", 2012), "517 Füwatown" (doc, 2012), "Restless" (2013), "Gewitterzellen" ("Storm Cells", 2015) and his feature-length documentary "Zwischen den Stühlen" ("To be a Teacher", 2016).

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH