[4] She directed The Unforgivable featuring Sandra Bullock based on the 2009 series Unforgiven.

From 2008 to 2017, Fingscheidt studied scenic directing at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy.

Fingscheidt received further invitations for the Max Ophüls Prize for the short films Zwischen den Zeilen (2011), Brüderlein (2013) and Die Lizenz (2016).

She won the prize in 2017 for her documentary Without This World (Ohne diese Welt) chronicling the life of Argentine Mennonites which was also her graduation film.

System Crasher was selected by Germany as their submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2020 Academy Awards, but was not shortlisted.