Sebastian Köthe completed a degree in screenplay writing at Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB, the German Academy of Film and Television, Berlin) in 2013. During his four years at the Academy, several of his short film scripts were filmed and have featured at international festivals (IFF Warsaw, Hofer Filmtage etc.). A play premiered at Ballhaus Ost (an independent theatre in Prenzlauer Berg). He is currently working on the postproduction of his first feature-length documentary about two students at the International Philosophy Olympiad 2013. He majored in Cultural Theory and History and Philosophy at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is involved in the project »Anthropocene«.