Luise Brinkmann

I've been making films since I was old enough to hold a camera - and young enough to believe that two VHS recorders could be a fully-fledged editing room. At 16, I owned a DV camera and took my first film courses in Canada. Later, I trained as a media designer for image and sound and finally spent many years on film sets and in post-production - including ARRI.
Above all, I learned that film is like love - chaotic, unpredictable and in the end it's all worth it when it works.

My great love for the big screen led me first to England to the Univercity for the Creative Arts, then to Cologne to the International Filmschool, where I studied directing. My graduation feature film BEAT BEAT HEART (2016) was celebrated as a "feelgood movie about heartbreak” and was awarded the special prize for ensemble spirit and energy at the Munich Film Festival. This was followed in 2020 by my self-produced film AUF UND ABLEBEN, which was awarded "Best German Film” at the Universal Film Festival.

Since then, I have directed primetime feature films, children's and youth series and fairy tales for TV.
My heart beats especially for stories with heart, humor and characters who get lost in the chaos of life (and love) only to find themselves (again) in the end. In addition to my directing work, I also develop and write my own material for the big screen.

When I'm not shooting, writing or editing, I speak on panels about my experience with screenwriting or improvisation.
I'm a member of ProQuote Film, WIFT Germany and the Queer Media Society and I was part of the Into The Wild mentoring program.

I firmly believe that life writes the best scripts - you just have to listen carefully (and dare to let the absurd scenes stand).

I live in Berlin and am represented by the Adam Agency.