Habicht was born in Berlin, Germany, and moved with his family to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, when he was eight.
In 2003, Habicht attended the Binger Institute Filmlab in Amsterdam to develop his feature script Permissive Paradise.
In 2008, he completed Rubbings from a Live Man, a documentary performed by its subject, theatre practitioner and artist Warwick Broadhead.
The film was produced by Philippa Campbell (Top of the Lake, Rain) In 2009 Habicht was the recipient of the inaugural Harriet Friedlander New York Artist Residency.
Jarvis Cocker saw Love Story at the London International Film Festival and his British Pop group Pulp have since collaborated with Habicht and British producer Alex Boden (Cloud Atlas) on a feature documentary about Pulp and their home town Sheffield.