Jana Pulkrabek was born in Hamburg and is an actress, writer, producer and director. she is of german and czech nationality. During her three year acting programm at „The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute“ as well as sessions at „The Actor’s Studio“ she was exposed to such amazing talents as Jessica Lange, Anjelica Houston, Arthur Penn, Faye Dunaway and Anthony Hopkins among others. She considers Elizabeth Kemp and George Loros to be her main influences. Living and working in London for a number of years, she took up writing screenplays and enrolled in several filmmaking-courses including „The Guerilla Filmmakers“ by Chris Jones and filmcourses with Elliot Grove and Mike Leigh. Back in Germany she trained at the "Berlin Institute for Film and TV" to become a producer and started preparing her first filmproduction, the shortfilm  "Nachtrausch“, for which she was able to secure funding through the Hamburg Filmfoundation (Filmförderung Hamburg). The project marks her directing  debut. She worked at Tatamifilms and Maxfilm in Hamburg and managed the children’s theatre „HoheLuftschiff“ a theatre set on a riverboat. She acted in New York, London and Hamburg in Film, TV and Theatre in projects such as: Ginniepegs, The Wheel of Fortune, Secret Deliriums of a rented Mind, Zwischen der Zeit, Ich heirate meine Frau, Nachtrausch and others. Her screenwriting credits include: Casting Call, Der Clown, Paradies, In The Twilight, Nachtrausch. As a producer she worked on Casting Call, Nachtrausch, Zerstörte Wege.

Currently she is setting up her own production company while collaborating with her creative partner Otto Bubenicek on the documetary „The Art of Creation“. In addition she is working with screenwriter Michel Bergmann on the development of a Feature Film to be shot in Prague.

Otto Bubenicek was born in Prague, Czech Republic. He spent most of his childhood travelling around Europe with the circus, where his parents worked as acrobats. He studied and trained at the Conservatory for Dance and Music in Prague. In 1992, he received the "Prix Especes" award, along with "The Television Viewers Prize" at Prix de Lausanne, an international competition for young dancers. In 1993, he was invited to join the Hamburg Ballet, where he is currently still performing. Otto advanced to principal dancer by 1997. Throughout his career he has been a sought-after guest artist, invited to perform with many renowned companies worldwide, and featured in many gala performances.

Aside from his role as a dancer, Otto is creative in many other fields, composing, designing, and creating short films and video-clips. He has composed classical and electronic music for film and dance, some of which has been performed by the Hamburg State Opera, l'Opéra de Paris, the Semperoper in Dresden, and in Sapporo, Japan. ARTE, a TV channel celebrated for its interest and focus on the arts, produced a film documentary about Otto and his twin brother Jiri, titled "The Ballet Twins." The shortfilm "Nachtrausch" (Nocturnal Ecstasy) marks Otto's debut as director and film editor. His short dance film "Enlightened" was a finalist in the online video competition in SideBySide Art Center E.V. Other musical compositions of Otto's include the score for his short film "Nachtrausch," and Jiri Bubenicek's ballets: "Unerreichbare Orte" (premiere with The Hamburg Ballet in 2005), "Ai No Yukue Mo" (premiere in Sapporo in 2005), and "Le souffle de l'esprit", (premiere with the Zurich Ballet in 2007) for which he also designed the set and costumes.