Alice Agneskirchner is originally from Munich, Bavaria. She moved to Berlin in 1989 when the wall came down and studied film and directing at the former East-German Filmschool - HFF (University for Film and Television) in Potsdam-Babelsberg. She is a member of the German Filmacademy and very active in various organizations concerning "Women in Film" and "Documentary Filmmaking in general". Her film WHO OWNS NATURE ? is one of the most successful documentaries shown in German cinemas in 2018.