Filmmaker, lives and works in Berlin.
1979-1985, studied at the Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb). Her films have been shown at i.e. Toronto International Film Festival (Wavelengths); Berlinale (Forum Expanded); International Film Festival Rotterdam; Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen; Media City Film Festival; Österreichisches Filmmuseum; CCCB Barcelona; Tate Modern London, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; DocLisboa; Harvard Film Archive, PFA Berkeley, Robert Flaherty Film Seminar 2016 (curator: David Pendleton); Punto de Vista.
Work as curator: "Filmarbeiterinnen-Abend" (Women Filmmakers Evenings) 1990-95; "Sie zum Beispiel" (She, for Example) 1995/96; co-founder of the group "FilmSamstag", 1997-2007, (www.filmsamstag.de).
Films: (selection) Schweigend ins Gespräch vertieft 1980; OH! die 4 Jahreszeiten / OH! The Four Seasons 1988 (in collaboration with Ulrike Pfeiffer); Terzen 1998; India 2005; Der Schmetterling im Winter / Butterfly in Winter 2006 (in collaboration with Maria Lang); In die Erde gebaut 2008; Kopfüber im Geäst / Hanging upside down in the Branches 2009; Junge Kiefern 2011; Paulina/Franz/Maria 2011; Susan+Lisbeth 2012; To Be Here 2013; Four Diamonds 2016; Rushing Green with Horses 2019. (http://www.uteaurand.de)