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Lea Becker is a writer and director, working both in fiction and non-fiction for television and the big screen.

Most recently, Lea directed a new German TV show, Höllgrund, for Berlin based Studio Zentral, commissioned by SWR. She is also writing her first feature script, Rebecca (WT), which will be produced by Pssst Film!, a subsidiary of Constantin Film.

In 2021, Lea directed three episodes of the new Netflix show Kitz, as well as her first narrative feature, Flügel aus Beton, commissioned by WDR, both produced by Odeon Fiction.

In 2019, Lea wrote and directed the feature-length documentary A Perfect Run, commissioned by the German public broadcaster ZDF. Her documentary web series True Stories was licensed to Samsung TV, which has generated millions of views. Since 2015, Lea has created, produced and shot around a hundred episodes.

In 2016, Lea wrote, produced and directed the acclaimed short film Jenny. It was nominated for the 2017 German Short Film Award and the Best Short Film Award at the Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis. It won the Newcomer Award for Best Actor and the Bavarian Film Commission Award. Shortly after, she was offered to create, write and direct the miniseries Hit And Run in 2018.

Many of Lea's films have been invited to international film festivals - most notably Berlinale Drama Series Days. At the Stockholm International Film Festival in 2013, her debut documentary, Swear, won the Online Audience Award.

Lea holds a BA in Graphic Design from the University of the Arts London and the Cooper Union in New York and an MA from the University of Television and Film Munich (almuni: Wolfgang Petersen, Bernd Eichinger, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck). She is represented in Germany by Monica Conti, CEO of Writers and Directors.

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Lea Becker

Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival

Max Ophüls Festival

Munich Film Festival

Stockholm Film Festival

German Short Film Award

Regensburg Short Film Week

Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis

German Film- and Media Review (Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung)

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