Michael is a film and interactive producer. He graduated as Media Economist, is a trained journalist and Technologist and has been working in the media industry since 1999. He worked at KirchGroup’s International Co-Production Dept., on US Commercials for e.g. Warner Kids out of Toronto, at ZDF as well as for the EU at the Free State of Saxony in Brussels. He then worked long-term at leading German indie film production and distribution company Kinowelt (now Studiocanal), where he received international awards for his work. He further worked as Crossmedia concepter and analyst for a multi-awarded research project at the German film and TV university in Potsdam-Babelsberg, focusing on how to reach and engage young target groups and contributed to a variety of film, multi-platform and interactive projects. He produced films from documentary, comedies to arthouse and animation films. Besides films he produced webdocumentaries, concepted and produced games and Crossmedia/Transmedia projects. His Transmedia project ‘Call her Lotte’ premiered in Los Angeles, was invited to the Festival de Cannes’ Future of Cinema Section NEXT and received 17 awards on over 40 festivals worldwide so far. He was jury member of the Online Jury at Prix Europa, is Expert at the Berlinale Talent Campus since 2013, was jury member for different film festivals and the International 3D Society Los Angeles. He lead a project on Interactive Television at MIZ Media Innovation Center Babelsberg, continues to be invited to lecture at film schools and conferences and has published several articles.