Maria Schrader is a German actress, screenwriter, and director. She directed the award winning 2007 film Love Life that was based on a novel by Zeruya Shalev. She was born in Hanover and studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. She is especially well known from the film Aimée & Jaguar, as well as the acclaimed Liebesleben ("Love life"), in which she wrote, acted, and produced. She has also written other films: "RobbyKallePaul", "I was on Mars", "Stille Nacht" and "Meschugge". She co-directed "I was on Mars" with Dani Levy, whom she dated until 1999.