MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH MAGIC WAS AT THE AGE OF 11. I WAS AN EXTRA IN A MOVIE. THIS EXPERIENCE AND FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT´S MOVIE "LA NUIT AMERICAINE" MADE MY DECISION VERY EASY. I HAD TO GO TO THE MOVIES. A FILMSET IS WHERE I WANTED TO BE. AS SOON AS I HAD MY DRIVERS LICENSE I GOT MY FIRST JOB AS PRODUCTION DRIVER WITH THE BAVARIA FILM STUDIOS. OVER THE FOLLOWING YEARS I WENT THROUGH AS MANY DEPARTMENTS AS I COULD. SOUND, LIGHT, PROPS, CAMERA AND EVEN CATERING ALLOWED ME TO LEARN THE CRAFT OF MOVIE MAKING FROM SCRATCH. IN BETWEEN ALL OF THAT I STUDIED THEATRE AT THE MUNICH UNIVERSITY. AFTER THAT I FINALLY MADE IT INTO THE MUNICH FILM SCHOOL. IN 1996, WHILST STILL ENROLLED, I GOT THE CHANCE TO DIRECT A COMMERCIAL. EVER SINCE I ENJOY THIS SHORT FORM OF NARRATIVE STORYTELLING. RECENTLY MY FEATURE FILM SCRIPT "ONE MINUTE ROCKSTAR" WAS FOUNDED BY THE BAVARIAN FILM FOUNDATION.
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