Biography

Born in 1988, Konstantin Flemig started making films at the age of 13. His first videos were stunts and pranks in the style of MTVs "Jackass" and mockumentaries about his hometown. After finishing school, Flemig attended the Deutsche Journalistenschule, one of Germany's leading journalism schools in Munich. After graduating, he was accepted into Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, were he studied Documentary Filmmaking and Screenwriting. His graduation film "BilderKrieg - Picturing War" won the 2015 Hollywood International Independent Documentary Award and was part of the Official Selection at USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas. Flemig received training in war reporting by the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) and has filmed in countries like Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Kongo. In 2016, he was participant of Werner Herzog's legendary Rogue Film School.
- IMDb mini biography by: Konstantin Flemig

At the age of 15, Flemig directed two short mockumentaries about parts of his hometown of Filderstadt, Germany. For the film about the village of Sielmingen, he was sued and had to pay 800EUR in legal fees.

Flemig is an amateur MMA-fighter and Grappler. In 2011, he won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division of the SUBMISSAO Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Wrestling Tournament.

Flemig is one of Werner Herzog's "rogues"; filmmakers that have attended the director's Rogue Film School seminar. The curriculum consists of topics like " the art of lockpicking", "the creation of your own shooting permits" and "Guerrilla tactics".