Thomas Moritz Helm is a writer-director from Germany. His passion for actors and visual storytelling took him from the stage (Thalia Theater Hamburg, Burgtheater Vienna) to the filmset. First as a grip and DOP, then as a writer-director. He studied acting at the William Esper Studio in New York and cinematography and directing at the Filmuniversity Konrad Wolf in Postdam-Babelsberg. His graduation film A Brief Moment of Joy was shown at numerous festivals and nominated for the German Short Film Award. The micro-budget feature Before We Grow Old premiered at the 69th Berlinale and was released theatrically in 2019. He is currently developing several feature films and a comedy series.
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