Patricia Lewandowska was born in Poland and grew up in Germany. She discovered her love for film while working in an art house cinema at the age of 18. After graduating from high school in 1997, she moved to Berlin and became a camera assistant on commercials and feature films. In 2001 she began her camera studies at the renowned DFFB film school. Many of her short films and feature films have been successful at festivals all over the world and have received numerous prizes.