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Konstantin is a director, writer and editor.

After directing musicals in high school, he thought it would be a good idea to study Scenic Arts (film, theater, and visual arts) at the University of Hildesheim. Unfortunately, he started working with Canadian performance company Mammalian Diving Reflex and designed and directed performances at international festivals (Ruhrtriennale, Singapore Arts Festival, Luminato Festival Toronto) and theaters (National Theater of Prague, Sydney Opera House) with artistic director Darren O'Donnell, which turned out to be more exciting.

After starting to do commercials, music videos and short films, his documentary ‘Hattie Goes Cruising’, about a 75-year-old man from Philadelphia who goes out cruising for lovers every day, premiered at the HotDocs Festival in 2016 and was shown at over 50 festivals worldwide. It was nominated for the 2017 Iris Prize and won Best Documentary at the Berlin Liberi Film Festival and the La Paz International Film Festival.

He edited Nadine Labaki’s Oscar-nominated film ‘Capernaum’, which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018. In 2019, he participated in the Berlinale Talents Program and was a guest lecturer at the IFS Cologne. In 2020, his screenplay ‘The Ice King’ received both treatment and script funding from the German Federal Film Board FFA. In 2023, he edited the short film ‘Les Chenilles’ directed by Lebanese artists Michelle & Noel Keserwany, which premiered at the Berlinale, where it won the Golden Bear.

In 2025, ‘A Better Place’, a series which he co-directed with Anne Zohra Berrached and produced by Komplizen Film and Studiocanal will be released on ARD and Canal+. He's a member of the European Film Academy and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.