Professor of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture, Berlin (Germany)

Graduated from the University of Utrecht, and published her dissertation 'Aller Anfang' on screenwriting and cognitive dramaturgy. Professor of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture at the University of Bonn. Was an assistant for the research project entitled 'The History of Documentary Films in Germany, 1945-2005'. Visiting professor of Film and Media Theory at the University of Vienna, 2011-2012. Co-edited (along with Christine N. Brinckmann and Ludger Kaczmarek) 'Motive des Films. Ein kasuistischer Fischzug' (2012). A member of the editorial staff of the magazine 'Montage AV'. She lives in Berlin.