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Ralf Bücheler was born in 1975 and grew up in the Allgäu. He studied ethnology and literature in Munich and Swansea, Great Britain. In 2005, he started studying at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF), focusing on documentary film. During his studies, he realized several short films and was involved in projects of his fellow students.
He was assistant director to Jörg Adolph (associate lecturer at HFF) for his documentary feature "Die große Passion" (2011) and again for Adolph's and Anja Pohl's documentary film "Making of »Heimat«" (2013). Bücheler's feature-length graduation film "Mission Control Texas" (2014) about the Texan talk show "The Atheist Experience" was screened at several festivals and won a prize at the DOK.fest Munich. In 2014, Bücheler and Johannes Rosenstein founded "The Royal Filmmakers" that focus on the production of documentaries, training films and video installations for educational purposes.
At the same time, he has also been continuing his collaboration with Adolph, working as part of the camera team for Adolph’s "Zündfunk Radio Show" (2014) and co-directing "Leben – Gebrauchsanleitung" ("Life - Instruction Manual", 2016). At the DOK.fest Munich 2018, Bücheler’s and Adolph’s documentary feature "Elternschule" premiered. The film focuses on parents who have to learn how to best set boundaries for their children.