Sebastian Mez was born in 1982 in Essen, Germany. After graduating from high school he was employed as intern for one year before leaving to work as a freelancer. In that time he created his first film experiments.
In 2007 he made his first middle-length documentary Do the Right Thing about capital punishment in Texas, USA, which premiered at the Max Ophuls Festival in 2008. In October 2007 Sebastian began his studies at Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany, specializing in directing.
His first short Clean Up was shown at more than 40 international film festival and won several prices.
His film Ein Brief aus Deutschland, which takes a special approach onto the subject of modern slavery and prostitution in Europe, won the international middle length competition at Vision du Reel in Nyon in 2011.
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