Education
MA Film and Screen Media University College Cork 2021-2022 (First Class Honours)
MA Film and Media Culture Research Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich 2020-2021 (cancelled)
BA Theatre and Media Studies / History Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen / Nuremberg 2014-2018
Work
Since 2018 Director and Producer of several independent short film formats, documentaries and music videos, Germany & Ireland (more details at Film Portfolio)
Since 09/2023 Director, Head Programmer and Founder of Out of Frame, monthly Film Talk at the Roundy Pup, Cork, Ireland (more info at website)
Since 08/2024 Festival Director and Founder of PRIOSMA Queer Film Festival Cork, Ireland (more info at website)
Since 02/2025 Co-Chair of Screen Cork, Ireland (more info at website)
Since 09/2023 First and Second Assistant Director for funded short film productions (incl. Screen Ireland Focus Short, Engine Shorts Limerick, Físín Irish Short, Actors As Creator Scheme, Laois Short Film Bursary, TG4) (more details at Industry Portfolio)
Since 08/2023 Committee Member of The People’s Picturehouse (currently community engagement, previously Secretary/Vice-Chair), monthly short film screening at the Pav, Cork, Ireland (more info at website)
09-11/2025 Event Coordinator at Cork International Film Festival, Ireland
04-07/2025 Trainee Assistant Director at „The Young Offenders S5“, TV series for BBC/RTE, Vico Films, Cork, Ireland
11/2024 Box-Office Staff at Cork International Film Festival, Ireland
08-10/2024 Interview Recordings for Make Film History Project, with Ciara Chambers, Head of Film and Screen Media Department at University College Cork, Cork & Dublin, Ireland
05/2024 + 04/2025 Workshop Facilitator for Lord Puttnam Scholarship at University College Cork, 1 day workshop: Introduction to Assistant Directing and Producing for Fiction Short Films, Cork, Ireland
08/2023 Trainee Assistant Director at „Christy“, feature film for BBC, Sleeper Films/Wayward Productions, Cork, Ireland
03-05/2023 Trainee Assistant Director at „The Young Offenders S4“, TV series for BBC/RTE, Vico Films, Cork, Ireland
Since 12/2022 Front of House / Box Office Staff at The Everyman Theatre Cork, Ireland, Ireland
01-03/2021 Video Co-Director for the theatre production „Eingriff am verschlossenen Thorax“ at Theaterakademie August Everding Munich, Germany
09/2020-08/2021 Student Assistant at media department and film archive of historical studies (Lehrstuhls für Neueste Geschichte und Zeitgeschichte) at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and technical support staff for online lectures
06-08/2020 Second Assistant Director Crowd at „Geliefert“, TV feature film for ARD/Arte/BR, TV60Filmproduction, Munich/Regensburg, Germany
09-12/2019 Second Assistant Director Crowd at „München Mord“ Episode 11 & 12, TV feature films for ZDF, TV60Filmproduction, Munich, Germany
08-10/2019 Key Production Assistant at „Kung Fury II“ Cinema feature film, Maze Pictures/Laser Unicorn Productions, US Production, shot in Munich, Germany
08/2019 Video and photo documentary of Gospel Choir St. Lukas Munich on two weeks travel through Rwanda
06-07/2019 Assistant Director Internship for theatre production “Hedda Gabler” at Volkstheater Munich, Germany
03-05/2019 Second Assistant Director Crowd at „Über die Grenze“ Episode 3 & 4, TV features films for ARD/SWR, Polyphon Pictures, Strasbourg/Kehl/Karlsruhe/etc, Germany/France
11/2018 Cameraman for film project: „Assembling a Story“ by Marlies Pahlenberg for the Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, Shooting in London, Germany/UK
08-10/2018 Video Assistant / Assistant Camera Trainee at „TKKG“ Cinema feature film, Kundschafter Filmproduktion and Warner Brothers, Berlin/Cologne/etc, Germany
06-07/2018 Assistant Director Trainee at „Tatort Göttingen – Das verschwundene Kind“ TV feature film for ARD, Filmpool Fiction, Hamburg/Göttigen, Germany
11-12/2017 Director and Editor for short film project „Ich hab die Unschuld kotzen sehen _ Vertrau mir _ Kapitel 6“, developed during the theatre project „Ich hab die Unschuld kotzen sehen“ (Dirk Bernemann) by Elisabeth Sichelstiel for Studiobühne Erlangen, Germany
8/2017 Youth Worker at film camp of Kreisjugendring Erlangen-Höchstadt
11/2016-04/2017 Director and Producer of self-initiated student theatre production “Manhattan Medea” at Experimentiertheater, FAU Erlangen, Germany
10/2015+5/2017 Tour Guide for interaciv audio walk „Remote Erlangen„ by Rimini Protokoll at net:works Festival and Figurentheater Festival Erlangen, Germany
09-12/2015 Production Assistant Internship at artistic management department of Gostner Hoftheater Nuremberg, Germany
04/2015-10/2017 Student Assistant at library of Theatre and Media Studies of Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen/Nuremberg
04/2015-05/2018 Video Journalist and Editorial Director(03-10/2017) at student media team funklust – Deine Campusmedien, FAU Erlangen, Germany
10/2014-09/2017 Artistic Director and Chairman of the annual international theatre, dance and performance festival Arena of the Young Arts, FAU Erlangen, Germany
10/2014-09/2017 Member of Student Representative Council at Department of Theatre and Media Studies, FAU Erlangen, Germany
01/2014-07/2014 Volunteer for Marafiki wa Afrika Germany, work at Baramba Girls Secondary School as Storekeeper, sports and drama teacher, Ngara, Tanzania
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