Photo: © Joanna Legid
Residence
Munich + Berlin
Education
Studies HFF München | Documentary Directing (since 2018)
Producing, Studio Zentral (2021 – 2025)
Journalist, Host + Writer for Radio, Bayerischer Rundfunk (since 2014)
Education Jazz Vocals, Berufsfachschule for Music, Munich
Experience filming abroad: Tansania+Ghana
DIE GEISTER DER AHNEN
Short Film (HFF Graduation Film)
Script (with Ecem Çalışır, Seren Şahin) + Director + Producer
Jabeza Films | HFF Munich
Funded by FFF Bayern
DEAR NEPTUNE
Short Documentary
Script + Director
In Festival Evaluation
DIE GEDANKEN UNSERER VORFAHREN | THE THOUGHTS OF OUR ANCESTORS
Short Film / Documentary (hybrid)
Script + Director + Producer
HFF Munich
Ja'Net DuBois Festival Award – Short Documentary | 33. Pan African Film Festival Los Angeles 2025 (Academy-qualifying)
Semifinalist – Student Academy Awards 2024, Category Documentary
Nomination Bildungspreis | German Human Rights Film Award 2024
Nomination Best Short Film | 58. Internationale Hofer Filmtage 2024
Nomination megaherz Student Award | 40. DOK.fest Munich 2025
Filmfestivals:
Filmfestival Dresden 2025 (Focus 4) | Cleveland International Film Festival 2025 | Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival 2025 | Independent Days 2025
THE DOOR OF RETURN
Short Film / Documentary (hybrid)
Script + Director (with Anna Zhukovets)
Kalekone Film | HFF Munich
German Young Talent Film Award | up-and-coming Hannover 2021
Shortlist Documentary Shorts | 65. San Francisco International Film Festival 2022 (Academy-qualifying)
Nomination Lionsgate/Starz Award for Best Speculative Fiction | BlackStar Film Festival 2021 (Academy-qualifying)
Nomination Best Short Documentary | BronzeLens Film Festival 2021 (Academy-qualifying)
Nomination Short Documentary | New Orleans Film Festival 2021 (Academy-qualifying)
Nomination World Showcase | American Black Film Festival 2021 (Academy-qualifying)
Nomination Best Short Documentary | Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021 (Academy-qualifying)
Nomination Best Short Documentary | Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2021
Nomination Best Short Film | Internationale Hofer Filmtage 2021
Nomination Bildungspreis | German Human Rights Film Award 2022
Nomination Short Documentary | Toronto Black Film Festival 2022
Nomination DOC Block 1 | Landshuter Short Film Festival 2022
Filmfestivals:
Cannes Short Film Corner 2021 (German Short Films Part 2) | Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2022 (MOP-Shortlist Fiktion 2) | Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest 2021 | Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche 2022 | Cinemateca de Bogotá | Cinema Africa | Flensburger Kurzfilmtage
STRONG HAIR
Short Documentary
Script + Director + Kamera + Producing
HFF Munich
Jury Award Documentary | Allgäuer Filmfeschdival 2020
SCHLOSS EINSTEIN
Series
Director (4 Episodes)
Saxonia Media | ARD | KiKA | MDR
37° | 37° LEBEN
Documentary-Series
Script + Director + Head of Script
3 Episodes: Zu früh erwachsen | Als Kind vernachlässigt | Kein Ort zum Bleiben
We Are Era | ZDF
1st Prize Andere Zeiten Journalist:innenpreis 2026 – Zu früh erwachsen
ECHT FRIENDS
Series (Season 1)
Director (Eps. 1–3)
Studio Zentral | KiKA | ZDF
Nomination Grimme-Award 2025, Category Children & Youth
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Award 2024 (Cinema for a young Audience)
EINFACH UNGERECHT
Medium-length Feature Film
Producer
Director: Thuy Trang Nguyen
Studio Zentral | KiKA | ZDF
MADE IN GERMANY
Series
Junior Producer
Studio Zentral | ARD | Degeto
HIMMEL & ERDE – НЕБО ТА ЗЕМЛЯ
Series
Junior Producer
Studio Zentral | ZDFneo
#TRENDING AUSLANDSJOURNAL – BURKA UND NIKAB
Reportage
Script + Director + Presenter
Nordend Film | ZDF
PULS REPORTAGE – AUF DEN SPUREN SCHWARZER DEUTSCHER GESCHICHTE
Reportage
Script + Director
Puls | Bayerischer Rundfunk
DIE BÜRDE DES WEISSEN MENSCHEN
Feature Film (Debut)
Script + Director
German-Ghanaian Co-Production (Afrofuturism)
Propeller Award of TELLUX-Group 2023, 2nd Prize | Fritz Gerlich Preis, Filmfest Munich
AFRODEUTSCH
Series Concept (with Fariba Buchheim + Andreas Pfohl)
Boomerang in Silver | Series Competition of Construction Film GmbH, HFF Munich 2021
Since 2014 Journalism + Hosting for BR, ZDF, et al.:
-Radio Host PULS | Writer + Host WORKIN' GERMANY (1st diverse BR-Instagram Format), | Host SO GEHT MEDIEN (since 2019) | Radio Writer for Bayern 2 | ARD-Expert for Eurovision Song Contest 2020.
Willi-Bleicher-Award 2020, Talent Category | ENSEMBLE-Award 2021, Audio Category, Saarländischer Journalists' Association | Coburg Media Award 2021, Category Best National Creation
-Zündfunk-Feature Afroshops – Hair, Skin and Black German Entrepreneurship (Bayern 2)
Nomination CIVIS Media Award 2021
-White Fragility: Why White People Overlook Racism So Easily (BR)
Professional Singer with international stage experience, studio recordings et al. for Disney + advertising productions
Co-Founder of the BIPoC-Gruppe of HFF Munich for anti-racist education