Background & Training
About
Ever since "The Empire Stroke Back" on TV one Christmas afternoon, I have been captivated by films. Eager to learn how they are made, I immersed myself in countless books and interviews. It took detours through science, art, and travels though till I finally found the courage to follow my heart all the way. In 2013, I embarked on a journey to learn the craft of filmmaking, and eventually found my passion in the cutting room.
Since then, I've been collaborating with various directors, producers, musicians, a theatre company, and independent media channels as a freelance editor.
I've had the privilege of contributing to a few major projects, including a 53-minute documentary that won at the Berlin Independent Film Festival. In the past two years, I edited also longer scripted short films from scratch (up to 36 minutes), and discovered my passion for sound design.
I'm proficient in all the standard editing software (Avid, Premiere Pro, FCPX, DaVinci Resolve, depending on the project). Directors and colleagues, however, appreciate my highly collaborative and passionate nature, the creativity I bring along with deep and thoughtful questions and my honest interest in their visions the most.
Film
2026 | Techniques for Directing Non-Actors: Singular Drama workshop with Scandar Copti best known for "Ajami" and "Happy Holidays" | Fest Film Lab, Lisbon, Portugal
2025 | Sound Editing workshop with Nina Hartstone (Pro Tools) who won an Oscar for her work on "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Fest Film Lab, Berlin
2024-2025 | Go-To Editor course refining storytelling skills (DaVinci Resolve) with Sven Pape, an A.C.E. Award-nominated editor who cut for James Cameron, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and James Franco | online
2024 | three-month-program Dramatic Editing 1.0 focussing on editing scripted fiction (AVID) with coach Josh Beal, A.C.E., known for his work on "House of Cards" and "Fleishman is in Trouble" | online
2024 | eight-week full-time course Color Grading (DaVinci Resolve Studio) with Susi Dollnig | Schnitt-Akademie Berlin
2019-2023 | editing countless video interviews as well as shorter and longer documentaries for Independent Journalists & Media Channels, furthermore live edits, subtitling, dubbing, editorial office, workflow development, post-pro supervision & archive management | Berlin
from 2017 | Freelance Film & Video Editor | theatre & concert edits, music videos, trailers, demo reels, short films | Berlin
2016 | fourteen-week full-time course Cutter Film & TV & Web (AVID, FCPX, Adobe Premiere Pro & After Effects) with Karen Lönneker & Karsten Weissenfels | Schnitt-Akademie Berlin
2013-2017 | directing four fictional & semi-documentary Short Films (3 to 20 minutes) | Berlin & New York, USA
2013-2014 | one-year Studies Film Directing | script development, casting & directing actors with Björn Schürmann & Jan Krüger | filmArche e.V. Berlin
2012-2015 & 2018 | Theatre Training (Grotowski, Alba Emoting, Meisner & Nō) with Marc Carrera, Samuel Nuñez, Ryszard Nieoczym & Naftali Ungar-Sargon | e.g. Tatwerk Berlin
2008 | Film Workshops in production management, camera assistance, storyboarding & editing | riesa efau Dresden & LIFT Toronto, Canada
Art
2017-2019 | teacher for life drawing & sculpting | Peace Street & Lake Studios Berlin
2009-2010 | guest semesters figure & portraiture in 2D & 3D | TLC, Taita, New Zealand
from 2009 | self-study & life drawing groups | Wellington, New Zealand, Dresden & Berlin
2008 & 2011 | summer school figure drawing | Max the Mutt Animation College, Toronto, Canada
Research
1997-2011 | water scientist with completed MSc in hydrology and research projects in Germany & abroad with focus on riverbank filtration, water purification & molecular biology | HTW Dresden | IOER Dresden | UA Barcelona, Spain | TU Dresden | OD, Japan | UQ, Australia | Sunseed Desert Technology, Spain | SHI, Russia