Ute von Münchow-Pohl
Born in Germany, she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Muenster. She was an animator at Hahn Film in Berlin on the TV series BENJAMIN BLÜMCHEN and feature film WERNER – BEINHART (1987-1990). After an animation workshops in Costa Rica (1991), she was animator on Universal Pictures’ AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST. Until 2002 she worked for TFC Trickompany in Hamburg on projects including DER KLEENE PUNKER AND FELIDAE and has taught at the Animation School Hamburg. She debuted as feature director in 2001 with KOMMANDO STÖRTEBEKER. She also animated LAURAS STERN, presented at Giffoni Film Festival, and DER KLEINE EISBÄR 2 for Berlin’s Cartoon-Film and directed the TV series as well as the cinema version of KLEINER DODO and screen adaptations of DER KLEINE RABE SOCKE.