David Gieselmann (born in 1972 in Cologne) grew up in Darmstadt and studied playwriting in Berlin. Since 1999, Gieselmann has been writing plays and radio plays. In 1999 he was invited to the “International Residency of Playwrights” and the “Week of New German Playwrights” at the Royal Court in London where his play Herr Kolpert had its world premiere in 2000. Herr Kolpert was performed internationally on numerous occasions including a production at the Sydney Theatre Company.