Agnes Lisa Wegner

After taking degrees in American studies and film sciences in Berlin and African-American studies at Harvard University, she worked for several years in non-governmental organisations in Germany. In 2013, she began to work as a freelance writer and filmmaker. Since then, she has written and directed a number of films that have screened in international festivals as well as on German public television and Netflix Europe. Her award-winning documentaries foreground an intense engagement with topics including discrimination, racism, human rights and solidarity.
Filmography (documentaries)
2014 Goodbye G.I.; co-director: Uli Gaulke 2015 Amanda und das Land am Ende der Straße (Amanda and the Country at the End of the Street); short film 2018 Und jetzt sind wir hier (And Now We Are Here); series · No Fucking Ice Cream 2019 Das Mädchen mit den langen Haaren (The Girl with the Long Hair); short film · Sunset over Hollywood; co-director: Uli Gaulke 2020 König Bansah und seine Tochter (King Bansah and His Daughter) 2024 Das leere Grab (The Empty Grave); co-director: Cece Mlay