Born in Göttingen on 20.7.1977, after taking final school examinations she attended a "studium generale" degree course at Leibniz College in Tübingen. In 1998 she took up architecture at Hamburg College of Fine Arts, dropped out to study visual communications instead, and finally moved to Berlin to study at the University of the Arts. She began attending the Baden Württemberg Film Academy in 2004. "Rabenjunge" is her graduation film.

Source: 61. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)