Dimitrij Schaad

Dimitrij Schaad was born in Kazakhstan in 1985 and came to Germany with his family in 1993. He trained at the Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding and worked as an actor on numerous German stages. From 2013 to 2019, he was a member of the ensemble at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater. He became known to a wide audience through the Känguru films and the series Kleo. Together with Yael Ronen, he wrote several award-winning plays. With his brother, filmmaker Alex Schaad, he worked on films including Skin Deep (Aus meiner Haut); their work received, among other honors, two Max Ophüls Awards, a Grimme Award, and a Gold Student Academy Award. In 2023, he received the German Actors Award. What Is That Compared to the World Revolution? (Was ist das schon im Vergleich zur Weltrevolution) is his first novel.