Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Katharina Otto-Bernstein is a filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. She is best known for writing and directing the award-winning documentaries Absolute Wilson and Beautopia, and writing the biography of the acclaimed theatre and opera director Robert Wilson. Otto-Bernstein is the president of Film Manufacturers Inc., which develops and produces independent films, documentaries, and TV series; with offices in New York and Munich. Most recently, Otto-Bernstein was nominated for an Emmy Award for producing Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures.

Otto-Bernstein (née Otto) was born in Hamburg, Germany, the youngest daughter of German industrialist Werner Otto (Crate & Barrel) and his third wife Maren. She has four siblings: Michael Otto, , and Frank Otto.

After attending St. Clare’s Hall in Oxford, England, Otto-Bernstein moved to New York to study philosophy and political science at Columbia College (BA) and received her MGA in screenwriting and directing from Columbia University Film School.

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