VITA

AWARDS & HONORS

2021: Runner Up Prize Feature Doc

Barnes Film Festival, United Kingdom, Documentary „Southside Heroes“

2021: Member of the Jury „Feature Film“

Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival, South Korea

2020: Best Director

Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival, South Korea, Documentary „Southside Heroes“

2020: Best Director

RushDoc International Film Festival, USA, Documentary „Southside Heroes“

2014: Audience Award

KITASO Short Film Festival, Germany, Short Film „Max & Mustermann“

2013: Winner in national photography competition „Don‘t get naked“

German Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin

2013: Prize of the Bavarian Prime Minister for Best Director

JuFinale Regensburg, Germany, Short Film „Behind red velvet“

2012: Best Student Film Award

Lakeshorts International Film Festival, Canada, Short Film „Behind red velvet“

2012: Young Professionals Award

25. Mittelfränkisches Jugendfilmfestival, Nuremberg, Germany, Short film „Behind red velvet“

2011: Hollywood-Scholarship

MedienCampus Bayern e.V.
International film workshops & career training, Steinlein Productions Institute, Los Angeles, USA

EDUCATION

2010-2014: Bachelor of Arts

TH Nürnberg Georg-Simon-Ohm, Faculty Design
Focus: Film & Animation, Photography, Verbal Communication

2007-2009: Apprenticeship: Audiovisual Media Designer

ARD-ZDF-Acadamy for Television, Nuremberg

1996-2005: General University Entrance Qualification

Ehrenbürg-Gymnasium Forchheim

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009-present: Freelance Director, Director of Photography and Film Editor

Documentary formats, commercials, image films, magazines, mood films, music videos, trailers, product films, corporate videos

2017 -2020: Senior Creative Producer

NGLOW Film and New Media GmbH

Concept & Direction, Director of Photography, Film Editor in the areas of documentation, reportage, image film, advertising film

2014: Creative Producer Deerstreet-Experience GmbH

Conception & Direction, Director of Photography, Film Editor in the areas of explanatory and corporate films

2012-2013: Production Assistance

Amalia Film, Munich / Sparkling Pictures, Munich / XFilme, Berlin

2011: Production Assistance

Intelligent Life Media, Los Angeles / Roddenberry Entertainment, Los Angeles

2009: Assistant Director

Studio Hamburg, Hamburg

2007: Internship

Visual Acting GmbH, Munich

2006: Internship

AFK TV, Education and training channel, Munich

ADVANCED TRAINING

2022: IELTS-Certificate English (7.5 / Level C1)

British Council 

2017: Seminar „Nonfiktional Storytelling“

Münchner Filmwerkstatt e.V., Leadership: Daniel Sponsel

2017: Seminar „Systemic dramaturgy with `the human factor´“

Münchner Filmwerkstatt e.V., Leadership: Roland Zag

2017: Seminar „Directing actors“

Münchner Filmwerkstatt e.V., Leadership: Oliver Haffner

2011: Seminar „Storytelling with moving pictures“

Münchner Filmwerkstatt e.V., Leadership: Lancelot von Naso