Marco Wilms was born in 1966 in former East Berlin, GDR. He became a tool maker, graphics designer and state certified model in the GDR. Wilms studied stage design and art direction. In 1993 and 1998 he was a scholarship holder in the US and at the Film Department of Thammasat University, Thailand. He finished directing studies at the University of Film and Television “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg in 2001. Wilms was teaching film in Vietnam, Thailand, Russia and Berlin and taught pitching in Lisbon. He is director and producer of “Heldenfilm”.