Michaela Kirst

Michaela	Kirst

Director of
WOOD

Born 1970 in Koblenz, Germany, is a German director and author. She studied history, psychology and German language and literature in Cologne and Toulouse and then worked as a senior producer at the RTL correspondents' office in New York. As a filmmaker, she produces numerous reports, documentaries and feature films for cinema and television. Currently she is working on internationally co-produced documentaries such as FREEPORTS - EUROPE'S (IL)LEGAL TAX HAVENS and is breaking new ground as a producer of cross-media projects such as DIE MITTE DER NACHT.
Films (selection): KOMMT EUROPA IN DIE HÖLLE? (2004), MENSCHENFISCHER (2004), JESUS LIEBT DICH (2008), TATORT REGENWALD: UNDERCOVER GEGEN DIE HOLZMAFIA (2012), ARMEEN IM GRIFF DER KONZERNE - VERTEIDIGUNG ALS GESCHÄFT (2018), EVOLUTION IM GROSSSTADTDSCHUNGEL (2019).