Hito Steyerl

Known for Directing

Hito Steyerl's portrait

Details

Birthday: January 01, 1966

Place of birth: Munich, Germany

Biography

Hito Steyerl (born 1966 in Munich) is a German filmmaker, visual artist, writer, and innovator of the essay documentary. Her principal topics of interest are media, technology, and the global circulation of images. Steyerl holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She is currently a professor of New Media Art at the Berlin University of the Arts, where she co-founded the Research Center for Proxy Politics, together with Vera Tollmann, Maximilian Schmoetzer, and Boaz Levin.