Oliver Pötzsch is a German writer and filmmaker. After high school he attended from 1992 to 1997 the German School of Journalism in Munich. Then he worked for the Bavarian Radio.In addition to his professional activities in rafio and television Pötzsch researched his family history. He is a descendant of Kuisle a famous dynasty of executioners in Schongau, from 16 to the 19th Century.