Palü

Born in Marburg/Lahn on 15.12.1969, after a number of sojourns in various countries abroad, he spent two years (from 1989-91) studying art in Quimper in France. He took up studies in philosophy in Hamburg and subsequently attended the faculty of Visual Communications at Hamburg College of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 1998. He made five short films before directing his feature film debut, "Bungalow", which was shown in the Panorama section of the Berlinale in 2002. This film received the German Film Critics’Award and several other prizes at festivals at home and abroad. He lives in Berlin. (filmportal.de)