Lena von Döhren, born in Berlin in 1981, grew up with three brothers. After graduating from high school, she traveled around the world for two years and then studied Audiovisual Communication in Amsterdam, as well as Animation at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Her graduation film “The Little Bird and the Leaf” premiered at the Berlinale in 2012, followed by three subsequent films featuring the Little Bird, and most recently the film “Tümpel” (co-directed with Eva Rust) in 2023. With her imaginative and poetic films for children, she also captivates adults and has received