Almut Christiane Getto (b. 1964, Kandel, Germany) studied communications, political science and sociology in Munich, then began working as a television writer for various German public and private broadcasters. In 1995-99 she studied film and television at the Academy of Media Arts KHM in Cologne, graduating with Spots & Stripes (1998/99), which won the Special Jury Prizes at St. Petersburg and Giffoni (Italy), the Audience Award Short Cuts at Cologne and the Best Family Prize at Seoul. Her other films include Marlis Goes to Rock (1996, short), I Don't Like the Sun Anymore (1996, Mit der Sonne habe ich es eh nicht, short), as well as numerous television essays and reports. In 2002 she debuted as writer-director with Do Fish Do It?, which in the same year won the Filmpreis des saarländischen Ministerpräsidenten at the Max Ophüls Film Festival.
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