FLIGHT INTO DARKNESS (2024)

Born in 1985 in Kaiserslautern, he studied theatre, film, and media studies in Vienna and Berlin. He studied filmmaking at the New York Film Academy and was a lecturer in theatre and film at the University of Landau.

After various internships at the theatre (Berliner Ensemble, Nationaltheater Mannheim), Alexander Ratter assisted Claudia Bosse (Theatercombinat) with the production "bambiland08" in 2008 and worked as a permanent assistant director at the Burgtheater from Christoph Schlingensief's "Mea Culpa" in 2009 until the 2012/13 season (working with Stefan Bachmann, David Bösch, Jan Bosse, Matthias Hartmann, Alvis Hermanis, Niklaus Helbling, Claus Peymann, René Pollesch and Stefan Pucher, among others). His film version of Schlingensief's "Mea Culpa" was also released on DVD by edition Burgtheater in 2009. In the 2012/13 season, he directed the Austrian premiere of Laura Naumann's "Demut vor deinen taten baby" at the Burgtheater Vestibül (invited to the Autorentheatertage of the Deutsches Theater Berlin, 2013). In 2014, his first theatre text "Smart Love (dein leib komme)" was produced at Schauspielhaus Graz in the Wildwuchs series on level 3. His production of Davide Carnevali's text "Sweet Home Europa" premiered at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern in March 2015. During his studies in Vienna, he made his first short films (e.g. "post.it." and "Dissembler", 2014/15 the " micro-series" NEOZOEN) and various internet clips (e.g. "HC Teaser / Wien", 2015).

"Flight into Darkness" is his first major short film project after his work as a director at the German-speaking municipal theatre. With his film production company Picco-Studio he works on fictional series and feature film projects as director, producer, and showrunner/writer.