Biography

My filmmaking career started in Germany as special fx make-up artist on an underground Zombie flick (“Mutation“, released on DVD in 1999) followed by producer & screenwriter credits on several other shorts (e.g. “Killerbus“, released on DVD in 2004). I got hooked. Even though I have a design masters from the university of art in Braunschweig, I continued with film making.

In 2005 I migrated to Asia to pursue Asian cinema. I directed and produced a no budget feature in 2008 ("Emperor") which screened at the Asia Pacific festival of 1st Films in Singapore and won the feature category at the Portable Film Festival. Since 2007 I directed, wrote and produced 13 shorts which have been screened in film festivals around the world, and my 2nd feature ("Kinks") just completed post. I participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus in 2008 and my short film "It could happen to you" was chosen for production in the BTC Hands on Training "Garage studio". I've held lectures about low budget film making in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Int. Film Academy) and Singapore (SAE Institute).

After living the last 6 years in Asia (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand & Indonesia) I just returned to Germany to pursue my next feature film projects.

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Filmography (Writer / Director / Producer):

• Catch 24 (feature film) (development)


• Hecklmann (feature film) Germany 2012 (development)


• 1 Segment of the 2. CollabFeature (40+ filmmakers create 1 feature film) 2012
  


• Damaged Kung fu (short film) Malaysia 2011 (in post)


• Kinks (feature film) Malaysia 2011, 86min
  


• Lunatia Dogs (short film) Malaysia 2011 (in post)


• Drowning (short film) Indonesia 2010, 10min


• The Trail (short film) Germany 2010, 3min


• Unsecured Loan 2 (short film) Malaysia 2010, 17min


• Lutz Henkelmann und sein Bier (short film) Germany 2010, 5min


• Ramly at War Begins (short film) Malaysia 2009, 19min


• 九龍故事 – Kowloon Story (short film) Hong Kong 2009, 5min


• Bad Timing (short film) Malaysia 2008, 2min


• Frankfurter for Mr. Wong (short film) Malaysia 2008, 2min


• Mama’s Boy (short film) Malaysia 2008, 3min


• Emperor (feature film) Malaysia 2008, 96min (no writing credit)
  


• It could happen to you (short film) Germany 2008, 3min (no producer credit)


• Unsecured Loan (short film) Malaysia 2007, 11min


• Killerbus – Making Of (documentary) Germany 2004

Music videos:

• Rhasia by Car Crash Hearts (music video) 2009


• Khayalan Masa by One Buck Short (music video) 2009


• Kelibat Korupsi by One Buck Short (music video) 2009


• Wait for it (Revolution) by One Buck Short (music video) 2009

Awards / Nominations:

• 'Unsecured Loan II' 1st Runner Up Best Action Sequence Martial Arts Short at the Action On Film International Film Festival '10


• 'Emperor' feature winner Portable Film Festival ‘08


• 'It could happen to you' selected for production at the Berlinale Talentcampus 2008 as part of the hands-on training 'Garage Studio'


• 'Emperor' nominated for best cinematography at the 4th Asia Pacific Festival of 1st Films in Singapore ‘08


• 'Frankfurter for Mr. Wong' - Entry Level winner November ‘08 filmaka.com

Film Festivals:

• 24. Int. Filmfest Braunschweig, Germany '10


• filmdirecting 4 women (fd4w) international film festival, London '10


• Cinefiesta Puerto Rico '10


• Action On Film International Film Festival, Pasadena US '10


• CrankCookieShortFilmFestival in Passau, Germany '10


• International Short Film Festival Detmold, Germany '10


• Bootleg 2.0 Film Festival, London '10


• Arizona Underground Film Festival ’09


• Clockenflap Film Festival, Hong Kong ’09


• iShot Hong Kong Film Festival ’09


• Asian Hot Shots Festival Berlin ’09


• 4th Asia Pacific Festival of 1st Films in Singapore ‘08


• Portable Film Festival ’08


• Culture Unplugged; East speaks here… ’08


• Phoenix Film Festival, US ’08


• Berlinale Talentcampus ’08


• New Beijing Int. Movie Festival ’07


• Kuala Lumpur Int. Film Festival, Malaysia ’07