BYAMBASUREN DAVAA

BByambasuren Davaa (originally Davaagiin Byambasüren, Mongolian Даваагийн Бямбасүрэн; born 1971 in Ulaanbatar) is a Mongolian director, currently living and working in Germany. She studied film between 1995 in 1998 in Ulaanbaatar and worked on projects for Mongolian National Television immediately after. She moved to Munich in 2000 and studied Documentary Film and Communication Studies at The University ofTelevisionandFilm. Her films tell the story of the traditional life of nomads in Mongolia, which places them between live-action and documentary genres, because they feature real-life people, acting as themselves.