Writer, director, producer. A native of Hamburg, Germany, Katharina was raised in the UK and the USA. BA and MA from Columbia University, worked as a free-lance journalist and columnist for German Vogue. Member of the Writers Guild of America, International Documentary Association, and IFP. Founded in 1993, her production company Film Manufacturers Inc. has produced many internationally acclaimed film and television productions. Filmography: Absolute Wilson (2006); Beautopia (1998); The Need for Speed (1994); The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (1993); other non-fiction: Coming Home; When Night Falls over Moscow; The Industrialists Hall of Fame.