Born in Munich Germany in 1963 She studied maths at TU Berlin and then film directing at the DFFB Her graduation film Portrait of a Married Couple won the First Steps Award Since then her feature films have regularly been invited to international festivals Alongside her work as a director and screenwriter she is also a lecturer at the DFFB the Filmakademie BadenWürttemberg the Moscow School of New Cinema and the Petersburg School of New Cinema In 2021 she had a residency at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles