Director Katja Benrath was born on the 1st of September 1979 in Erbach – Germany. Her first short films (Babydoll, No One Pukes in Heaven and Tilda) were screened successfully at many international festivals and have won international awards. During her master studies at the Hamburg Media School she directed Where Have You Been, Secrecies and Watu Wote, her graduation project, which has been awarded many prizes, including a Student Academy Award, and was nominated for an Oscar.