Born in 1982 close to the city of Hamburg, Germany. After High School Thorsten studies Digital Film Making at the SAE Institute in Cologne. After several internships at production companies he starts studying philosophy and history at the Humboldt University in Berlin. During this time he shots short-movies and works as a cutter for short and feature movies. Since 2006 Thorsten studies movie directing at the Film Academy of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.