Kristian Portz was born on December 7, 1986 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a first assistant director and unit manager based in Berlin and known for the feature films Die Haut der Anderen (2016), Eastalgia (2012) and Die Einsiedler (2016). He studied film at die medienakademie, Bavaria Film Studios, Munich, Germany.