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Hans-Christian Schmid was born in Altoetting in 1965 and studied at the University of Television & Film in Munich. He made his directorial debut in 1989 with the documentary Sekt oder Selters followed by the short Das lachende Gewitter, the documentary The Mechanism of the Miracle (Die Mechanik des Wunders) and the TV film Himmel und Hoelle. His breakthrough came in 1995 with It's A Jungle Out There (Nach fuenf im Urwald). His other highly-acclaimed films include: 23 (1998), Crazy (2000), Distant Lights (Lichter, 2003), Requiem (2006), The Wondrous World of Laundry (Die wundersame Welt der Waschkraft, 2009), and Storm (Sturm, 2009).

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