LENA MAY GRAF
WRITER/DIRECTOR
Lena May Graf was born in Munich in 1987 and grew up in Massachusetts. She studied politics and journalism in Paris and at NYU in New York.
She moved to Berlin in 2011 and began working in various areas of the German and international film industry. Including costume and production design, the AD department, and casting assistance for Simone Bär. She has been working as a screenwriter since 2015 and she directed her first short film “Die Kommode” in 2021.
Recently Charly Hübner directed her adaptation of the novel „Sophia, der Tod und ich“ by Thees Uhlmann and her own directorial debut alongside Finn Christoph Stroeks is the romantic comedy “Trauzeugen,” which premiered in cinemas in September 2023.
Lena May Graf is represented by Carole Sonderegger.
Trauzeugen
COMING UP
SOPHIA, DEATH, AND ME
“Sophia, der Tod und ich,” based on the novel by Thees Uhlmann, written by Lena May Graf, directed by Charly Hübner, production by DCM.
”At the moment he is visited by death, Reiner's ex, Sophia, appears angrily at his door. Death passes him by, and he survives. Will Reiner now get a second chance? An adventurous road trip leads them to Reiner’s mother Lore and son Johnny, where their first encounter might also be their last.”
TRAUZEUGEN
A romantic comedy directed by Lena May Graf and Finn Christoph Stroeks, starring Edin Hasanovic, Almila Bagriacik, Cristina do Rego and László Branko Breiding, production by Pantaleon Films.
“A divorce attorney and a couple therapist need to save their best friends wedding.”
VARIA
“And there’s no point in me doing anything if I can’t write about it. It would be like walking ten miles without my Fitbit on, a complete waste.
I mean, I DO do things I don’t commit to paper: I use the bathroom, I have sex. But I try to be quick about it.” - David Sedaris
Contribution by Lena May Graf