Volker Koepp, born in 1944 in Stettin, graduated from the Dresden University of Technology. In 1966 he studied directing at the Babelsberg Film School. From 1970 to 1991 he worked as a director at the DEFA Studio for Documentary Films – his 60 films received a variety of awards at many international festivals and in Leipzig. He also taught as a visiting professor in Babelsberg and at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg. Since 1996 Koepp is a member of the Academy of Arts.
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