Gabriela Tscherniak

Gabriela Tscherniak was born of German-Jewish origin in Latvia. She started her career as a director's assistant in theater productions in Berlin and as a photographer for bands, society magazines and fashion labels. Through her studies in Industrial Design and Photography, she became interested in experimental film, which she first strongly pursued during her studies and work in London at Central St. Martins and during the Erasmus exchange program in New York at the Pratt Institute. She also attended classes at the "Konrad Wolf " Academy of Film and Television in Potsdam and completed the M.F.A. program at the American Film Institute.