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