Michael Schwarz, born 1979 in Nuremberg/Germany. After leaving high school, he worked for
numerous Film- and Television companies; e.g. at Bavaria Film, for the television series
'Siska' and on behalf of the Neue Münchner Filmproduktion as script supervisor and first
assistant director. From 2002-2007, Michael Schwarz studied film- and theatre studies in
Mainz while working as a freelance director and assistant director. In 2007 he began to
study Film/Video at the Art Academy Mainz - in the same year foundation of
'nachtschwaermerfilm' together with Alexander Griesser. After getting his art diploma 2011,
Michael Schwarz becomes master apprentice of Prof. Dr. Harald Schleicher (Art Academy
Mainz, film class) and carries on working as a freelance director and author.