Merle Grimme is a screenwriter, director, and producer. She is a graduate of the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF Munich), holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Hildesheim, and is a member of the German Film Academy. While studying directing, she participated in several renowned writers’ labs, including Robin Swicord’s Women’s Writing Lab, Taç Romey’s Drama Series seminar, and Robert Krause and Florian Puchert’s Rewrite Lab – Drama.

In 2023, she completed her studies with the satirical feature film and miniseries Clashing Differences, which was produced in collaboration with ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel and ARTE. She has received numerous awards for the project, including the First Steps Award (Big Audience Award), the New German Cinema Award for best screenplay at the Int. Munich Film Festival, and the New Stars Award  for best debut film/director at the German Film Ball.

She works in both fiction and documentary and recently directed the documentary film Regretting Motherhood. Her most recent work as a director includes three episodes of the successful ZDF series Doppelhaushälfte. Merle Grimme is currently developing her new feature film Don’t worry. Be Happy. I’m gone as well as two series projects as head writer in collaboration with UFA Fiction and Colorful Pictures.

Merle Grimme lives in Berlin.