Paula Riemann (born 3 August 1993), also known as "Paula Romy", is a German filmmaker and choreographer from

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, living in London.

Biography

Both of Riemann's parents,

Katja Riemann Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann (, born 1 November 1963) is a German actress. The daughter of two teachers, Riemann grew up in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater. She is the mother of actress Paula ...

and

Peter Sattmann Peter Sattmann (born 26 December 1947 in Zwickau) is a German actor and musician. Biography In 1957, Sattmann moved with his parents, Gerda and Ferdinand Sattmann, from Zwickau to Friedrichshafen, where he played in a band when he was twelve ye ...

, are actors. Riemann moved to London in 2010 where she trained as a dancer at the

Urdang Academy Urdang, previously known as The Urdang Academy, is a performing arts academy based in Islington, London. The school was founded as a ballet school under the direction of Leonie Urdang; after her death her daughter and CEO Solange Urdang succeeded ...

. She graduated from

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with a degree in Business Management, and then went on to study Filmmaking at the

London Metropolitan University London Metropolitan University, commonly known as London Met, is a public university, public research university in London, England. The University of North London and London Guildhall University merged in 2002 to create the university. The Un ...

's film school. She writes, directs and produces films, music videos and commercials. Riemann is also known as an actress for

Marco Kreuzpaintner Marco Johann Kreuzpaintner (born 11 March 1977) is a German film director, screenwriter, showrunner and executive producer. He is known for his gay coming-of-age feature film ''Summer Storm (2004 film), Summer Storm'', the critical acclaimed Netfl ...

's comedy ''

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'' (2014) playing the model Maja, and for the role of Melanie in German kids movies trilogy '' Wild Chicks'' (2006-2007) for which she was awarded the

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for Best Young Comedian.

Filmography

Her first short film ''Ella'' (2015) won honourable mention from the jury at the International Film Festival Manhattan. Her second short film ''BiNARY'' (2016) had its world premiere at the

London Independent Film Festival The London Independent Film Festival is a British film festival that takes place annually in April. It was founded by Erich Schultz and specialises in low-budget independent films. It offers a screenplay competition and distribution fair. Hist ...

and then continued its international festival circuit. Subsequently Riemann was commissioned to make her first music video for

Jasmin Tabatabai Jasmin Tabatabai ( ; born 8 June 1967 in Tehran, Iran, is a German actress and singer. Biography Jasmin Tabatabai's mother is German, and her father is Iranian. She was born and raised in Tehran until the 1979 Islamic Revolution, at which poin ...

's song "Puppet on a String". The video told the story of a love-triangle through dance, which Riemann also choreographed. Most recently, Riemann produced a new short film ''Our Kind Of Love'' (2018) that deals with the topic of arranged marriage.

References

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* 1993 births Living people German female dancers Mass media people from Berlin German choreographers German female models Models from Berlin Dancers from Berlin Alumni of the Urdang Academy {{Germany-film-actor-1990s-stub