(Vienna, 1970) She studied directing and screenwriting. After having introduced her short films at several festivals, her first feature film Nordrand was internationally acclaimed after its screening in the competition of Venice Int. Film Festival in 1999. Mademoiselle Paradis is Barbara Albert’s 5th feature film. She is a teacher and vice president of the Film University Babelsberg “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam and has been living in Berlin since 2010.
