Dirk Laabs

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Directing

Biography

Dirk Laabs, born in 1973 Hamburg, is a German author specializing in the subject of terrorism, as well as an investigative journalist and filmmaker. He has received awards for the documentaries *Die Fremden im Paradies – Warum Gotteskrieger töten* (Strangers in Paradise – Why Holy Warriors Kill) and *Der Fall Deutsche Bank – Abstieg eines Geldhauses* (The Deutsche Bank Case – Decline of a Financial Institution).

Laabs studied philosophy and political science and lived in Israel for two years. He began his career in 1992 as a reporter for the tabloid Hamburger Morgenpost. He worked as a freelancer from 1995 to 1996 for the television programs *DAS!* and *Extra 3*, produced by the broadcaster...