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Mascha Schilinski
January 1, 1984 · age 42
Mascha Schilinski (born 1984) is a German director and screenwriter. Schilinski was born in Berlin to a German filmmaker mother and a French construction worker father. She was a child actor in her youth. After dropping out of high school, she worked for a traveling circus before pursuing film. She graduated from the screenwriting program at the Filmschule Hamburg Berlin in 2008, and later studied directing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. Schilinski began her career as a casting director and freelance writer. In 2017, she directed Dark Blue Girl, which premiered at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the GWFF Best First Feature Award. The following year,…
