since 2018 Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Online-Portal “filmdienst”
Professional Memberships and Activities
1998 - 2021 Member of "The Society of Dramaturgy" (Dramaturgische Gesellschaft)
since 1999 Member of the "International Society of Heiner Mueller"
2001 Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy, seminar: "Cyber movies as of understanding contemporary human existence. Introduction in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ (Kubrik), ‘Solaris’ (Tarkowskij) and film analysis of ‘The Matrix’ (Wachowski Bros.), ‘eXistenZ’ (Cronenberg) and ‘Ghost in the Shell’ (Oshii)"
2002 Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy, seminar: "In Dialog with the Public: Internet/Intranet"
2003 International Consultant with Loyola Productions, Inc. Los Angeles
since 2004 Associate Member of FSF (Free Software Foundation)
2004–2005 Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy, seminar: "Ideals and Reality of Education in Movies"
2005 Festival Director and Executive Producer of The Iñigo Film Festival (TIFF) – a film festival for short spiritual films for young film maker, sponsored by the Jesuits for World Youth Day, a gathering of young people from around the world, Cologne, Germany
2006 Workshop "Spirituality and Film", Fairfield University, Connecticut, USA
2006 Member of the SIGNIS Jury at the 54. International Filmfestival Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain
2008 Festival Director and Executive Producer of The Iñigo Film Festival (TIFF) –a film festival for short spiritual films for young film maker, sponsored by the Jesuits for World Youth Day, a gathering of young people from around the world, Sydney, Australia
2008/2009 Redemptive Storyteller Award Winner and three Silver Telly Awards for Music, Cinematography and in the category Spirituality / Religion and Best Documentary at the "V. International Catholic Festival of Christian Documentary Films and TV Programs MAGNIFICAT 2009" for the feature length documentary "In Spite of Darkness. A Spiritual Encounter with Auschwitz"
2009 Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy, seminar: "Dreamlike Films. Psychoanalytical Film-theory"
2010/2011 Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy "Cultural Approaches to Religion", seminar: "Spirituality in Fictional Films"
2011 Festival Director and Executive Producer of The Iñigo Film Festival (TIFF) – a film festival for short spiritual films for young film maker, sponsored by the Jesuits for World Youth Day, a gathering of young people from around the world, Madrid, Spain
2013 Festival Director and Executive Producer of The Iñigo Film Festival (TIFF) –a film festival for short spiritual films for young film maker, sponsored by the Jesuits for World Youth Day, a gathering of young people from around the world, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014 Member of the SIGNIS Jury at the X. International Catholic Festival of Christian Documentary and TV Programs "Magnificat", Minsk, Hlybokaye, Belarus
2014/2015 Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy for "Culture, Art and Religion", seminar: "Spirituality in Muslim Films"
2015 Member of the Jury for the Award: “Leipziger Ring” and member of the Ecumenical SIGNIS Jury at the 58th International Leipzig Festival for Animated and Documentary Film – DOK Leipzig
2016 Festival Director and Executive Producer of The Iñigo Film Festival (TIFF) – a film festival for short spiritual films for young film maker, sponsored by the Jesuits for World Youth Day, a gathering of young people from around the world, Krakow, Poland
2016/2017 Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy for “Culture, Art and Religion”, seminar: “Wachowski’s Film Universe. Salvation in science fiction films or why Jupiter Jones cleans toilets with great joy”
2018/2019 Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy for “Culture, Art and Religion”, seminar: “True Grit. Passion and persistence for long-term life goals in films”
2019 President of The Iñigo Film Festival (TIFF) – a film festival for short spiritual films for young film maker, sponsored by the Jesuits for World Youth Day, a gathering of young people from around the world,Panama City, Panama
2019/2020 Lecturer at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Faculty of Social Sciences Rome, seminar: “Film-Production. From the idea to the completed film”
2020/2021 Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy for “Culture, Art and Religion”, seminar: “Consciousness - Dream - Reality: The New Metaphysical Film. Works by Linklater, Phang and Oshii”
