Consulting and financing, story development and project support, teaching and format development.
Structuring, positioning and financing innovation projects in the audiovisual market — from conceptual direction to final submission. Around €3m in third-party funds raised, several company formations enabled.
AI-driven synchronisation of physical and virtual lighting for virtual production — from in-camera VFX to greenscreen. Supported by Creative Europe MEDIA, developed alongside partners such as ARRI, HFF Munich and Penzing Studios.
Lux AI's second development project: intelligent tools that streamline production workflows in the virtual studio — supported from funding strategy through implementation.
Tool development for film production from Bacon's experimental lab — consulting on positioning, funding eligibility and financing.
Digital tool for building and exploring story worlds — supported from first idea to fundable concept.
Browser-based platform aiming to make interactive storytelling as natural for writers, directors and producers as the screenplay — consulting within the Swiss funding context.
Dramaturgical consulting for projects and production companies — interdisciplinary and multilingual, from Munich to Switzerland.
Documentary on the six Antwerp designers who conquered international fashion 40 years ago — from Dries Van Noten to Ann Demeulemeester. Supporting the project in development and financing.
Collaboration with one of Switzerland's most established production companies — story development and dramaturgical consulting for cinema and television projects.
Formats that connect industries — and teaching that brings the next generation closer to practice.
Trinational industry meeting for story development at Bildrausch Filmfest Basel, in cooperation with CinEuro and Balimage — conceived and realised bilingually in 2023, under his direction since 2026. Including moderation of the public talks with the nominees of the Basel Film and Media Art Awards.
Conceived, built and directed the film market of DOK.fest Munich — today one of the defining industry events in European documentary. Co-productions, financing, careers: European reach through consistent format development. Still moderating panels on the industry's future to this day.
Interdisciplinary format at the intersection of story and music: the German Film Music Award in cooperation with the German Film Composers' Union, and the Composition Development Award, which enables composers to collaborate from the story development stage onward.
Award for new storytelling formats. I curate the nominations and moderate the event.
Jury member for the Prix CinEuro, which supports story development within the cross-border co-production area of the Upper Rhine.
Conceptual contribution to Future Ready, the International Screen Institute's new programme for producers — including my own programme item in Vienna.
Theaterakademie August Everding: film history and film analysis, admission and examination boards. International Screen Institute (ISI): mentor. Documentary Campus Masterschool: mentor. Bavarian Academy for Television (BAF): lecturer. Lucerne University of Applied Sciences (HSLU): lecturer.