Lecturer for Culture, Art and Religion
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 2006 Chaplain for the English Speaking Community St. John Berchmans in Munich
- since 2010 CEO and Executive Producer of DOK TV & Media GmbH
- since 2012 Chaplain for the Association of Catholic Journalists Germany (GKP)
- since 2015 Chaplain for the Association of Catholic Entrepreneurs Munich (BKU)
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 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 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”
- 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”