Daniel Nocke (1968) lives and works as a script writer and animation director in Hamburg. Since 1999 he has been a lecturer teaching script animation at the Filmakademie Ludwigsburg. He made short animations Kein Platz für Gerold (2006), Der Moderne Zyklop (2001), Schnee von Gestern (1999), Der Peitschenmeister (1998), Die Fischerswitwe (1996), and wrote and directed several feature films for TV and cinema.