Rainer Komers, born 1944 in Guben. Students film society Bonn, co-programmer. Study of film at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, master class; study of photography at Essen University. Films and cinematography in Alaska, Ecuador, France, India, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Yemen. Films broadcasted by 3SAT/Mainz, ARTE/Strassbourg, HR/Frankfurt, NDR/Hamburg, PBS/Montana, WDR/Köln, ZDF/Mainz. Film lectures in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Münster and Vienna. Lives in Berlin and Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.