Director

Mascha Schilinski

Directing

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0.4

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 1All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 1756497

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1984

Age: 42

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2003 - 2025

Years active: 23

Average TMDB rating: 6.7

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Biography

Mascha Schilinski (born 1984) is a German director and screenwriter. Schilinski was born in Berlin to a German filmmaker mother and a French construction worker father. She was a child actor in her youth. After dropping out of high school, she worked for a traveling circus before pursuing film. She graduated from the screenwriting program at the Filmschule Hamburg Berlin in 2008, and later studied directing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. Schilinski began her career as a casting director and freelance writer. In 2017, she directed Dark Blue Girl, which premiered at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the GWFF Best First Feature Award. The following year, she served on the jury of Filmkunstfest MV. Her second feature film, Sound of Falling, was screened in competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.