Sebastian Winkels was born in Kleve in 1968 as the fourth of five children. He is a director, cameraman, editor and dramaturge of observational documentaries. His short and feature films, such as 7 Brüder or Talking Money (2017), have received numerous awards and been shown at international festivals.
Sebastian Winkels teaches and develops training programs for creative documentary films. Since 2006 he has been working as a tutor for international documentary film forums. He is part of the FirstCutLab team as an editing consultant since 2019.