Micah Magee is a Danish-American
filmmaker with strong ties to Berlin.
Micah studied at the DFFB, where
she wrote and directed a number
of short films, winning for example
the doc award in Oberhausen for
Hospital and a German Academy
Award (Short Film Lola in Gold) for
Coming Home. Micah’s first feature,
Petting Zoo, produced and repped
by The Match Factory, premiered
in 2015 at the Berlinale and picked
up awards at international festivals
before being exhibited in cinemas
in Europe and on Netflix in the
US. The same year, Micah moved
to Denmark to lead the directing
programme at the European Film
College. From Denmark, Micah
continued collaborations with
Berlin-based directors’ cooperative
Makrorama, primarily as writer
and producer. In 2020, Micah
settled with her family on the Baltic
island of Bornholm, where she
worked closely with Bornholm’s
Agricultural Museum and started
a radio station for and by local
youth. Her work with youth and
farming leads her to her sophomore
feature, Grasshopper, currently
in development with Snowglobe
Productions in Copenhagen.