Born in 1986 in Hamburg. Following his apprenticeship as a baker he studied film by Wim Wenders at the “Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg“, at “École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts“ Paris and graduated from Werner Herzogs “Rogue Film School“.

Körner‘s short films where shown at more than 100 national and international festivals and won numerous prices. Many of his works are represented by the French distribution company Light Cone; at realeyz.de, and other Video on Demand services are his films available.

The Bicycle, Körner‘s first feature-length film had it’s world premier at the Festival des Films du Monde de Montréal and received the Prix du Jury. In January 2017 followed the German cinema release. His new feature film Gasman premiered at the 41st Cairo International Film Festival and had its nation wide cinema release in 2021.