Merle Grimme

Merle Grimme

Biography

Merle Grimme is a film director, screenwriter, and producer. She earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Hildesheim in 2010 and has been studying documentary film at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) since 2014. Her social spot “Der deutsche Kinderwunsch?” earned the jury award of the ZEIT Legacy Study and was ZEIT Online’s “Best of 2017” with more than 500,000 views. In 2023, Grimme will complete her film degree with CLASHING DIFFERENCES. This work, created in collaboration with ZDF and Arte, will be presented as a film as well as a miniseries. Specifically for this project, she developed an anti-discriminatory and inclusive production model in order to overcome inequitable structures in the film industry.

Filmography

CLASHING DIFFERENCES (2023): Direction