Brigitta Ashoff was born on December 1, 1948 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for Faszination Kunst (2003), Kinder des Olymp: Madeleine Renaud und Jean Louis Barrault (1987) and Die Frau hinter den Schatten: Lotte Reiniger (1981).