Introduction

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Work Experience

VFX Coordinator
Pixomondo Images, Ludwigsburg/Germany
05/2008-now

I took over two projects as VFX Coordinator during their deadline phase, which I brought to a satisfying end. After that I took over managing pretty much all actively running projects being it film, TV or commercials. I was also helping to manage the available human resources of all departments at the time of writing.

On average I managed about 8-10 projects, of which 3-4 are in active production. Among the features I coordinated are Ninja Assassin, 2012, Vaterspiel and a few other productions which are still under wraps.

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Journalist
Professional Production Magazine, Landsberg am Lech
09/2008

As journalist for Professional Production Magazine I covered the Cartoon Forum 2008, a convention about upcoming animation projects, where lots of new ideas are pitched and presented.

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VFX Producer
cine plus vision, Ludwigsburg/Germany
2007-2008

At cine plus vision I am the leading VFX Producer. I am handling all areas of the VFX production of the movie “Prisoners of the Sun” as well as all management concerning the company itself, as I am the highest ranking employee on site.

My daily tasks include care-taking of all production matters, like handling the project plan, supervising shot assignments, managing external providers and having a daily contact with the artists as well as the producers and the director.

The other side of my job, the company management side, includes working with the different departments of the parent companies cine plus and Miromar, handling all software and hardware challenges as well as resource management.

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Technical Advisor
Fridthjof Film, Copenhagen/Denmark
2007-now

I left Fridthjof Film as VFX Supervisor and resident artist, but I am still on their payroll as technical advisor for all things VFX. I am in regular contact with their VFX department and try to help them solve problems of all kinds.

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VFX Supervisor
Fridthjof Film, Copenhagen/Denmark
2006-2007

I was the go to person for everything that is not editing. I set up pipelines for short movies, did keying and general compositing for commercials and guided my small VFX team on shots that need more attention.

At Fridthjof Film I worked heavily with shake, but also did 3D in Maya, scripting in in MEL, shake and AppleScript to keep the fast paced environment running.

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Founder and Lead Artist
BabylonDreams, Regensburg/Germany
2004-2008

BabylonDreams started as a local company doing small commercials and logo animations.

At the moment we are part of the leading group of artists on the American TV Series Andy’s Airplanes - a full CG show.
I am responsible for compositing, pulling together the European arm, providing technical direction and setting up scenes for animation and rendering.

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Technical Editor — Maya 7 Visual Quickstart Guide
Peachpit Press, Berkeley/California
2005

My job was to proofread all the written material and search for inconsistencies and ways to make the example bits better understandable. I had to work in close collaboration with the authors and other editors.

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Lead Compositor - Ambulancen (Motion Picture)
Fridthjof Film, Copenhagen/Denmark
2005

I was responsible for keying about 150 greenscreen shots in two months. For this purpose I built my own shake keyer, which was used by all other compositors for 99% of the footage.

I also created the title sequence, which required to upscale and clean-up smaller-then PAL footage in close collaboration with the director.

Academic Qualifications

Masters Degree at The German Film School - Berlin, Germany