Education
She studied film production at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Potsdam "Konrad Wolff" (The Konrad Wolff University of Film and Television, in Potsdam, Germany).
She studied film production at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Potsdam "Konrad Wolff" (The Konrad Wolff University of Film and Television, in Potsdam, Germany).
During her time there, she produced several short films, including the documentary film Feiern (2006). This film was a portrait of the Berlin techno scene in the early 2000s, composed primarily of interview footage. The film was premiered at Kino Babylon in Berlin in 2006, made the circuit of film festivals, and was released on Digital Video Disc in the same year.
She also completed her studies in 2006 with the documentary film Osdorf, a sensitive portrait of young firstand second-generation immigrant men with long police records.
This film was released in 2007 and also made the rounds of film festivals. Maja Classen lives and works in Berlin.