Antonia Leyla Schmidt, born in 1997, is a director and screenwriter. She studied screenwriting and dramaturgy at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Potsdam. Further projects followed, including the music video 'Orpheus and Eurydice', which Antonia wrote the screenplay for and directed. 'Orpheus and Eurydice' was shown at the Bundesfestival junger Film 2021 and the Flensburg Short Film Festival 2022, among others.
In 2021, Antonia Leyla Schmidt was in the first final of the RTL+ STORYTELLERS competition with her series concept for "Azubiland" and subsequently directed the winning series 'Hübsches Gesicht', which was nominated for the 59th Grimme Prize and the New Face Award in the category 'Best Debut Film'.
She is currently developing the series 'Azubiland', as well as the feature film 'Libre' and is in preparations for the RTL+ series "Euphorie".