Daniela Baumgärtl was born in 1984 in Germany as a working class kid, and is a writer for TV series and feature films. She has worked for Netflix, Sky, Disney, ARD, ZDF, ORF and many others, and her films were screened at festivals like Berlin International Film Festival and won prizes like “First Steps Award”.
After studying at the theatre, film and media department of Vienna University, Daniela studied screenwriting at the film school „HFF Konrad Wolf“ in Potsdam-Babelsberg from 2007 to 2012. In 2014/15, she was participant of “Serial Eyes”.
Daniela is holder of artists-in-residence-scholarships from „Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf“ 2014 and „Künstlerhaus Lukas“ Ahrenshoop 2015, both in the field of literature. Since 2022, she is a lecturer at the Eureka Series writers campus by Series Mania in Lille.
Daniela is living in Berlin, Germany. Her working languages are German and English.
She is represented by Homebase agency: www.agenturhomebase.de
Projects:
2024 / CITY OF NIGHT / episode writer + writers room
TV series / Amusement Park / Disney Plus
Director: Philipp Kadelbach
2024 / WELCOME HOME, BABY / co-writer
Feature / Lotus Film, Senator Film / ORF, ZDF
Director: Andreas Prochaska
2024 / TATORT STILLE NACHT / co-writer
Feature / Bremedia / ARD, Radio Bremen
Director: Sebastian Ko
2023 / THE FLOOD / co-writer
TV feature / Studio Hamburg/ ARD, ORF
Director: Andreas Prochaska
2023/ DRIFT / episode writer + writers room
TV series/ actionsconcept/ SKY
Director: Tim Trachte
2021 / KITZ / episode writer + writers room
TV Series / Odeon Fiction / Netflix
Director: Maurice Hübner, Lea Becker
2017 / THE SWALLOW / co-writer
feature / Frame Film / SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Director: Mano Khalil
2015 / MARRY ME / co-writer
feature / Wüste Film / ZDF/ arte
Director: Neelesha Barthel
2012 / ENEMIES IN LOVE / co-writer
docu-fiction / Dschoint Ventschr / SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Director: Werner Schweizer
2012 / KILLING ALL THE FLIES / co-writer
TV Series / UFA / FA Ludwigsburg / ProSiebenSat.1
Director: Hanna Maria Heidrich