Born in Baden-Baden, and raised in Germany, Czechoslovakia and Japan. Between 1994 and 2001 she studied East Asian Art and Japanology in Heidelberg, Japanology and History of Art in Prague and Media and Film Editing in Karlsruhe. In 1996, she worked in the Prague National Gallery and National Museum for a year. In 2001 she graduated with an M.A. in East Asian Art and Japanology from the University of Heidelberg. From 2001 until 2006 she was a student at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. In 2007 she finished her diploma film Worldstar. Since January 2008 she has been a young artist of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. She works as an independent filmmaker. In 2011 she finished her documentary Future Works.