Thorsten Fleisch was born in koblenz, germany in 1972. He began experimenting with super 8 film while at highschool where he also exhibited his first film, a super 8 loop.
Since 2001 thorsten fleisch is a member of the board of artistic directors of the international experimental cinema exposition. He received several grants among them a grant from the filmbüro nw and a grant from the museum of contemporary cinema. For 'gestalt' he received an honorary mention at the prix ars electronica the number one festival for computer related art. His films have been screened at film festivals wordwide including new york film festival, sarajevo film festival, milano film festival, int. film festival rotterdam, european media art festival, melbourne int. film festival and many more.
He now lives and works in Berlin where he's part of the pro artis team and was also involved in organizing legendary parties with the kachelklub.