Christof Wolf SJ

Short Biography

• 1987–1990 Vocational training as carpenter and stage-technician at the city theater in Chemnitz, Germany
• 1990–1993 College Preparatory School "Norbertinum" in Magdeburg, Germany
• 1997 B.A. in Philosophy at the Munich School of Philosophy, Germany
• 1998 B.A. in Dramaturgy at LMU and the Munich Academy of Theater, Germany
• 2000 M.A. in Dramaturgy from the Graduate School of Dramaturgy at the Leipzig University of Music and Theater, Germany
• 2004 B.A. in Theology for Ministry at Heythrop College – University of London, United Kingdom
• 2006 Graduated from the New York Film Academy's "One Year Program: Cinematography and Film Production"
• since 2006 CEO and President of Loyola Productions Munich GmbH
• since 2010 CEO and Executive Producer of DOK TV & Media GmbH

Professional Memberships and Activities

• since 1998 Member of "The Society of Dramaturgy" (Dramaturgische Gesellschaft) and the "Forum of Young Dramaturgy"
• 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, 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, 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, Madrid, Spain
• since 2012 Chaplain for the "Association of Catholic Journalists Germany" (GKP)
• since 2012 Member of the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office for Film and Broadcasting
• 2012/2013 Lecturer at the Munich School of Philosophy "Cultural Approaches to Religion", seminar: "Spirituality in Non-Fictional Films"
• since 2013 Member of the German Whitehead Society
• 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, 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 Chaplain for the “Association of Catholic Entrepreneurs” Munich
• 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 TIFF - The Iñigo Film Festival - a film festival for short spiritual films for young film maker, sponsored by the Jesuits, festival director, executive producer, 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”