Born in Emden in 1980, Martin Busker lives in Berlin and works as a freelance director and screenwriter. He began his career as an assistant director for various German feature film productions, while also gaining experience in filmmaking by shooting his own shorts. From 2004, he studied feature film direction at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany. His student films were shown at several international film festivals and won a number of prizes. He graduated in 2011 with his mid-length film “Halbe Portionen” (Two and a Half Heroes). “Zoro‘s Solo” is his first feature film.