Instructors
     

Take your first steps within the film industry, guided by people who are successfully working in their respective fields.

Our concept is to provide knowledge based on experience, not theory only.
     
     
     
Directing and Script Writing
 Péter Palátsik Director and Screenwriter
   
     
    "Drawn in Blood"
"Irgendwas ist immer"
"Putzfrau Undercover"

1998 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Directing at the Hungarian Filmacademy, Színház- és Filmmüvészeti Föiskola, Budapest, Ungarn.
     
     
Assistant Directing Andrew Hoffmann Assistant Director
     
    "13 Semester"
"The Ghostwriter"
"Room 205"
     
     
  Scott Kirby Assistant Director
     
    "Inglorious Basterds"
"Speed Racer"
"Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Perfume"
     
     
Working with Actors Sören Senn Director and Screenwriter
     
   

"KussKuss"
"Charlie's Comeback"
"Großstadtrevier"

AWARDS

3sat Fernsehpreis/  Zuschauerpreis: Nominierung (2008)
 „Silberne Traube“ Lagow Filmfestival, Polen (2006)
„Maverick Spirit Award”, Cinequest San José Film Festival, USA (2006)
Babelsberger Medienpreis”: Bester Deutscher Absolventenfilm (2005)
Karlovy Vari Variety Critics Choice (Best of Europe Filmauswahl) (2006)
Präsidentenpreis der HFF Konrad Wolf:  Bestes Drehbuch (2003)Kulturförderpreis der Stadt Chur (2006)
Eliette-von-Karajan-Kulturfonds, Förderpreis (2001)
     
     
Producing Alex Ross Script Translator, Assistant Direector, Director, Producer
     
    Alex Ross lives in Berlin, speaks fluent German and worked for national and international production companies. He developed his own projects. He has translated projects among others for Atom Egoyan, Ulrich Thomsen, Emma Thompson, Robert Harris, Anthony Dod Mantle, Julio Medem, Leitia Masson, Jia Zhang-ke, Andreas Veiel, Christian Petzold, Zeh, Maggie Peren, Stefan Schwietert, Matthias Glasner Lars Kraume, Andreas Kleinert, Baran bo Odar & Gunter von Hagens.

On set, he works as assistant director, production manager and translator for Directors from Japan, Turkey, Pakistan, Russia, Finland, Denmark, France, Israel, Great Britain and Germany.
     
     
Scene Composition Kathinka Minthe Director of Photography
     
    "Strigoi"
"Kaltmiete"

Best Cinematography
Eerie Horror Film Festival 2009

Bronze Tadpole for Cinematography CAMERIMAGE festival Poland 1999
     
     
  Stephanie Hardt Director of Photography
     
   

Drama, Commercial and Documentary

Audience Award Britdoc Festival 2008, Best Film Texas Boomtown Festival 2008, Grierson Award Nominee 2009
for "Heavy Load"

Arriflex Award / Best Photography for "Wolf in an Arran Sweater"

Professorship for Photography in Documentary Film at the International Filmschool Cologne (IFS)
     
     
Camera Technique Christian Almesberger Camera Operator / 1st Assistant
and Optics   Camera

   
    "3"
"Aeon Flux"
"The Perfume"
"Enemy at the Gates"
"The International"
     
     
  Jörg Gönner 1st Assistant Camera
     
    "3"
    "Mission Impossible III"
    "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"
    "Boxhagener Platz"
    "Liebe Mauer"
    "Vom Suchen und Finden der Liebe"
     
     
Lighting Design Markus Görgens Gaffer
     
    Feature, Commercial, Music Video

"Tangerine"
"Was amEnde zählt"
"Tengri - Le bleu de ciel"
"Vier Fenster"
numerous Videos and Clips
     
     
On-Location-Recording Immo Truempelmann Production Sound Mixer / Sound Designer
Sounddesign  
     
    Diploma Production Sound Mixer for Audiovisuelle Medien, HFF Potsdam

"Renn, wenn du kannst"
" Waffenstillstand"
"The Orange Paper"
"Absurdistan"
     
     
Score Jörg Zinke Musician / Composer
    -> from Score to Opera
     
    Owner Showcasepotsdam
     
     
Editing Alex Fuchs Editor / Director of Photography
     
    "Drifter"
"East – West: Sex & Politics"
"Die vergängliche Rebellion"
"Traumfabrik Kabul"
numerous Music Videos
     
     
Make-Up Anja Drewermann Make-Up Artist
     
    "Romy"
"Die dunkle Seite"
"Wir sind das Volk"