Director and writer Sophie Linnenbaum completed her studies in psychology and worked as a playwright, before studying directing at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in her master's. Her playfully pointed short films have won several awards and screened at numerous national and international festivals, such as the multiple award-winning [OUT OF FRA]ME or PIX, which won the German Short Film Award. Her filmDas Mensch / Obiecanki cacanki / Pinky Promise won Bronze Dinosaur at International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima 2019.

Her first feature film THE ORDINARIES had its international premiere in the main competition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and was awarded the Förderpreis Regie at the Munich Film Festival and won the First Steps Award for Best Feature Film.