Keynote — Deutsche Fernsehakademie · Berlinale 2026
Alles nur Fiktion? Wie KI die Arbeitswelt verändert
Keynote on AI and the working world of film at the Berlinale day of the Deutsche Fernsehakademie.
AI Director · Workshop · Speaker
Since 2023 I've been making AI films. Before that, two decades of feature and series directing — Lola for Best Film, Nominations for European Filmprize, Grimme Prize, German TV Prize. Das weiße Schweigen, Ich werde nicht schweigen, alaska.de. I know how a film works. Now I'm reinventing it with new tools.
Films
AI shorts shown at festivals across Paris, Hollywood, Seoul, Montreal, London and beyond. Click any frame to watch.
The Lab
Smaller pieces, historical experiments, tool studies and proof-of-concept trailers — where the next films are figured out. Some pieces here are older; the tools have changed fast.
Selected festivals & screenings
Workshops
I teach as I work — with open tools, a running timeline, and a director's eye for what matters: what is this scene truly doing, and how do we make the model deliver it? Professional to professional.
Request a workshop5-50 min. The state of AI in narrative filmmaking — what works on set, what doesn't, what's coming.
Case studies from my own AI shorts: directing, prompting, editing, sound. and newest developments.
Hands- on Workshops. Participants build a short AI film from concept to cut, with a working director's feedback.
Workshops given for
Talks
Two recent talks — one keynote, one peer conversation. Both on the same question: what does AI actually change for a film director?
Keynote — Deutsche Fernsehakademie · Berlinale 2026
Keynote on AI and the working world of film at the Berlinale day of the Deutsche Fernsehakademie.
AI Filmmakers Berlin · Berlinale MeetUp 2026
On authorship, collaboration and what the new tools change about whose work it really is.
Topics
More on the feature-film directing career and the visual art on their own dedicated sites. Film → · Visual art →
Contact
Tell me what you're planning. I respond personally.