Volker Schmitt
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Volker Schmitt made first steps telling stories in the theater scene in
Cologne - followed by two years as an assistant director at the
Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Theatre production and adaptation
of W.S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (Cut-up!). At Hamburg University he
studied Anglistics and German philology focusing on literature,
theater- and film theory. Bachelor of Arts in Film Making in
Berlin/London. His short film "Nowherenow" was screened on
international film festivals - winning the SAE Alumni Award 2010 for
Best Short Film. He concluded his film studies at the University of
fine Arts Hamburg (HFBK) in 2011. "Schattenlinie" is his graduating
film.