David Köhlmeier was born 1985 in Salzburg. First he studied history and ethnology at the Karl Franzens University of Graz. He continued with media design as well as arts & science in Vorarlberg, where he graduated with a Bachelor's and Master's Degree, both at the top of his class. After that he studied in the field of acting and directing in Berlin. 2011 the Austrian ministry of research and science awarded him with the "Würdigungspreis". In 2008 David Köhlmeier founded his own production company dkmotion - Film Productions . Köhlmeier lives in Berlin and Graz, producing movies, everywhere.