Pınar Karabulut, born in 1987, studied theatre, art history and modern German literature in Munich. Since 2013 she has been an assistant director in Cologne. Her first production INVASION! by Jonas Hassen Khemiri was invited to the »Radikal jung« festival in Munich and to the »Kaltstart« festival in Hamburg. For her production of Furcht und Ekel. Das Privatleben glücklicher Leute (Fear and Disgust. The Private Life of Happy People) by Dirk Laucke, she received the NachSpielPreis at Heidelberg's »Stückemarkt« festival.