Christian Heinbockel was born in Hamburg in 1978. He first studied Naval Architecture, then graduated in jurisprudence in 2006 before he completed his training as a director at the filmArche in 2014. Christian Heinbockel started his career in the industry almost 10 years ago and has been working as a film director in Berlin since 2009.
His short films „Don't mess with Dieter!“, "Speaking Of Love", and "Tram Whispers" have been screened at various international film festivals.