Feo Aladag

Feo Aladag is an Austrian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress. She is the producer, executive producer, director and writer of the multi-awarded feature films “When we leave”, “Inbetween Worlds” and “Alone – A Family story” (aka “The Boy who wants to live”). She runs the production house Independent Artists GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany. Early life and acting Aladag was born as Feodora Schenk in 1972 and grew up in Vienna, Austria; Her mother is the Swiss born Jewish painter Gina Schenk-Roche, her deceased father was Sebastian Schenk, architect, son of Princess Feodora (Feo) Auersperg, née Countess Solms-Baruth. Aladag is the great granddaughter of Prinz Friedrich of Solms-Baruth III, who is listed as one of the Resistance fighters against Nazism. She began her film career as an actress, completing her training in London and Vienna from 1990–1995. While studying acting she also completed a PhD in Psychology and Communication Science in 2000. Before she started writing, producing, and directing, she worked as an actress and journalist for more than a decade. She acted in numerous film and television productions while attending master-classes and directing seminars at the European Film Academy and the German Film and Television Academy. From 2003 to 2005 she attended the directing master class of Michael Radford and Mike Figgis at the European Film Academy. From 2004 to 2005 she attended the directing seminars of Stephen Frears, Mike Leigh, Fernando Solanas, Bertrand Tavernier and Peter Lilienthal at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. During this time she also maintained a career as a successful scriptwriter and commercial film director; directing various spots for Amnesty International, Ford, Wrigley´s and others and writing scripts for the German television series Tatort.