born lukas hemmleb in bad homburg vor der höhe, he was in berlin assistant of peter stein, klaus michael grüber and luc bondy, and worked in italy with luca ronconi. his first own productions was in the 1990s at the "schauspielschule" of the théâtre national de strasbourg and at the schaubühne am lehniner platz. he staged at the schauspielhaus bochum and the grillo-theater in essen, but also with performers from cameroon and nigeria.