Stella Marie Markert began studying Film Production at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in 2017. She produced the short film “Hot Dog”, which was screened at numerous international festivals. In 2019, she participated in the exchange programme of the Paris film school La Fémis. In 2021, her “Handbook of a Privileged European Woman” won one of the coveted awards in the “Europe in Film” competition, which was initiated and funded by the German Federal Foreign Office to celebrate Germany’s EU Council Presidency. Since August 2022, she has been studying for a Master’s degree in Feature Film Directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. “Thanks for Nothing” is Stella Marie Markert’s feature film debut.