Michael Kranz was born in 1983 in Ravensburg, in beautiful Upper Swabia, Germany. After completing his German Abitur and American high school certificate, he attended the Otto Falckenberg School of Performing Arts in Munich. He has appeared in many German and international films, working for directors such as Michael Haneke, Quentin Tarantino and Steven Spielberg. He studied documentary film directing at the University of Television and Film Munich and completed a post-graduate programme in advertising directing. Michael Kranz is a member of the German Film Academy. His graduation film from the advertising programme won the 2018 First Steps advertising film prize. Some people say he is quite a nice guy.

Filmography:
2018 myBorder’s JOYfence (Social spot)
2018 What To Do (Documentary)
2016 The Baby Report (Satiric short)
2014 Ping Pong (Art installation)
2014 Pierre Henry Jean (Music video)
2012 Montreal -Talking Pets (Music video)
2010 At the End of the Meadow (Documentary)
2009 Farbe bekennen (Showing Colors) (Social spot)
2008 Klare’s Hunger (Short documentary)