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Studied at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) from 1990 to 1995.

Member of the 'Filmmakers of the Present' jury at the 62nd Locarno International Film Festival in 2009.

Used to be a professional theatre actress before discovering cinema as a medium.

Professor for 'Narrative Film' at the 'Hochschule für Bildende Künste' (HfBK) in Hamburg since 2012.

With her late husband, theater director Juergen Gosch, Schanelec translated Shakespeare plays into German.