Christian Petzold

Christian Petzold’s latest film, Miroirs No. 3, is out now in theaters through 1-2 Special. He was born in Hilden in 1960. After studying German and theater at the Free University of Berlin, he studied film at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) from 1988 to 1994. He directed his first feature film in 1995. Made in 2000, his film The State I Am In won Gold at the German Film Awards; he was awarded the Berlinale Silver Bear for Best Director for Barbara in 2012. His previous film, Afire, won the Berlinale Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize in 2023. (Photo by Christian Schulz , Courtesy of 1-2 Special.)