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Erkau grew up in Bremen.

After he completed his actor"s training, he worked for theatre and television He finished his study in 2005 with his diploma-movie 37 ohne Zwiebeln.

In 2001, he began to study film direction at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. 37 ohne Zwiebeln (2006).

37 ohne Zwiebeln (2006) - 2006: Winner of the Audience Award in the category Hanse Short at the Hamburg International Short Film Festival - 2006: Winner of the Audience Award and Best short Film award at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in Saarbrücken - 2006: Winner of the ProSieben Young Directors Award in the category Best Director at the Munich International Festival of Film Schools - 2006: Winner of the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award in the category Best Screenplay at the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award Come in and Burn Out (2008) - 2008: Winner of the Max Ophüls Award at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in Saarbrücken Das Leben ist nichts für Feiglinge (2012) - 2012: Nominated for the Best German Language Feature Film at Zurich Film Festival - 2014: Nominated for the Best German Film at the Jupiter Awards.