ISABELL SUBA
DIRECTOR
Isabell Šuba is a German Slovak director and screenwriter. She studied directing at the Film University Babelsberg and was a scholarship holder of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. She gained recognition with the award-winning mockumentary “Men Show Films & Women Show Their Breasts” (Max Ophüls Prize) and made her mainstream theatrical debut with the successful relaunch of “Hanni & Nanni”. She later directed several crime formats and developed the popular series “Barcelona Crime” starring Clemens Schick.
She achieved international success with the Netflix series “King of Stonks” (Grimme Award, German Television Award, Jupiter Award) and went on to direct the historical series “King of Palma,” positioning contemporary history between action and pop culture. Her work often combines satire, genre, and emotional storytelling. With “#heuldoch,” she developed a humorous response to the #MeToo discourse. Her “Tatort: Showtime” once again blends crime and comedy, starring Max Giermann. Most recently, she directed the conspiracy theory comedy “The Holy Shit” and completed the documentary feature “In Mothers’ Line”. She is the founder of the mentoring program Into the Wild, supporting emerging filmmakers.
Isabell Šuba is represented by Carole Sonderegger.
KING OF STONKS
COMING UP
Tatort - Alles Anders
Isabell Šuba’s new project “Tatort - Alles anders” will be released in 2026. Come back soon to learn more or catchup, until then, on her previous work ”King of Stonks,“ directed by herself, Jan Bonny and Facundo Scalerandi or “Der König von Palma” (season 2).
VARIA
Je mehr du dich auf die Zeit konzentrierst, auf Vergangenheit und Zukunft, desto mehr verpasst du das Jetzt, das Kostbarste, was es gibt.
Eckhart Tolle
Contribution by Isabell Šuba