Philipp Mayrhofer was born in South Tyrol, Italy. He studied philosophy in Vienna and Paris, where he lives today.
He has worked as a director for different TV programs, directed two feature documentaries “The Moon, the sea, the mood” in 2008 and “The shadow of the prophet” in 2011.
His first fiction film, the short film “Königsberg” premiered at the director’s fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.
In 2012 he was selected to take part in the Toronto Film Festival Talent lab and since 2012 has been a member of the ARTE-Jury of the Duisburg documentary film festival. The development of the film project “The Ship” had the support of BLS and the CNC and participated at the TFL Adapt Lab in 2013.