Christian Zübert was born in Würzburg, where he studied German language and literature. He started working as a screenplay writer for the crime film series DER CLOWN. Zübert’s first cinema productions were the comedy LAMMBOCK (2001), which he wrote and directed, and director Dennis Gansel’s debut film GIRLS ON TOP (2001), whose screenplay he co-wrote. In 2005 he wrote and directed THE TREASURE OF THE WHITE FALCONS. He wrote and directed the comedy HARDCOVER (2008), as well as the tragicomedy THREE QUARTER MOON (2011), for which he received the Bavarian Film Award 2011 (Best Screenplay).