Mario Sixtus

Mario Sixtus lives and works as a freelance author and filmmaker in Berlin. He initially wrote for print and online media such as Frankfurter Rundschau, c't, DIE ZEIT, FAS and brand eins. He has been making documentaries and TV films for many years, primarily for Arte and ZDF, including the Grimme Online Award-winning series "Elektrischer Reporter", the 2017 Grimme Award-nominated film "Operation Naked" and the highly acclaimed science fiction film "Hyperland", which was nominated for the German Television Film Award in 2021. He also writes scripts for TV crime dramas. The news magazine "Der Spiegel" once called Sixtus the "German net prophet".