Benedikt Schwarzer, born 1987 in Benediktbeuern.

Worked as a photographer. Studied at the University of Television and Film Munich.

Films at national and international festivials like DOK.fest Munich, Film Festival Cologne and at CAMERIMAGE.

Nominated for the German Documentary Film Award, the Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award, the German Directing Award Metropolis, the German Human Rights Film Award and the German Short Film Award.

Winner of the Starter Film Award of the City of Munich, the Award of the nonfiktionale and the ARRI pitch.award. Cultural Promotion Award, District of Landsberg am Lech.