Birthdate
17. December 1980
Berlin, Germany

Language Proficiency
German (native)
English (advanced)
French (basic)

Education

2005-2011 Student for Film & TV Directing
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2000 Abitur
Sartre-Gymnasium, Berlin, Germany

Employment Experience
Excerpt

2009

Lighting/ Rendering Artist & Mattepainter
for int. short film "The Gruffalo"
(Studio Soi Ludwigsburg, Germany)

2008

VFX Consultant
for Amskray Visual Effects, India
2 weeks

2007 Creative Consultant &
Lead VFX Artist

in Chennai, India for the int. feature film
"First Fear" (4k Animation Ltd.)
5 weeks
2006 Lead Visual Effects & Compositing Artist
in Chennai, India for the int. feature film
"First Fear" (4k Animation Ltd.)
2 months
2006 Pre Production Coordinator
in Chennai, India for the int. feature film
"First Fear" (4k Animation Ltd.)
1 month
2003 Assistant Modelmaker
“Around The World in 80 Days” (US/ D)
3 months
since
2002
Freelance Visual Effects Artist
at 4k Animation GmbH, Berlin Germany
2001 Visual Effects Internship
at 4k Animation GmbH, Berlin Germany
6 months
2001 Assistant Modelmaker
for “Extreme Ops” (US/ D)
2 months
2000 Model shoot Assistance for
“Was nicht passt wird passend gemacht” (D)
2 days
2000 Modelmaking Internship
at Chris Creatures, Berlin Germany
2 months

Operating Systems

  • Windows
  • MacOS
  • Redhat Linux

Tools

  • Photoshop
  • Maya
  • Fusion
  • Renderman
  • Chalice
  • AfterFX
  • Combustion
  • Premiere
  • Final Cut Pro

    as well as
  • Pencil
  • Tempera
  • watercolor
  • bodypaint
  • digital photography

Awards

  • Animago Award 2003, 2nd place
    Home/Compositing/Shortfilm
    Project: Blackford Stories
  • Audience Award "Goldene Pyramide",
    Independent Days 7, Germany
  • Recognition of Talent,
    BUSHO Festival, Hungary 2005
  • 1. Rank, Animago Award
    Category Short/Professional/Compositing 2005

Research

  • "Augmented Reality for VFX Preproduction",
    in cooperation with Jörg Unterberg and Universität Koblenz,
    funded by Steinbuch-Stipendium Baden-Württemberg
    www.previzart.com