Director

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  Monika TreutMonika Treut

  Monika Treut was born in 1954 Mönchengladbach, Germany. She studied literature and politics at Philipps-University, Marburg. In the mid-seventies she began working with video. In the mid-eighties Treut started to write, direct and produce award-winning independent features and documentaries which screened at numerous film festivals throughout the world. Treut\'s first feature, co-directed with Elfi Mikesch, was the controversial Seduction:The Cruel Woman (1985), which since has become a cult classic. In 1992 Treut began directing documentaries: Female Misbehavior(1992), Didn`t Do It For Love (1997), Gendernauts (1999), and Warrior of Light (2001). Treut runs the independent film production company, Hyena Films, with offices in Hamburg, Germany