Tokyo, Japan
$40000 - $70000 / Day
2019-2020 Master of Cinematography, Met Film School Berlin 2009-2018 Video Journalist, Reuters Television News (Tokyo Bureau) 2006-2008 Master of Journalism, UC Berkeley
Produced for Reuters
A group of Japanese monks and pastors are trying to spread the word through music, but not the type of music you might expect from a Buddhist monk. (Film Location: Tokyo, Japan) (Reuters TV picked up by BBC)
Produced for UC Berkeley
Jake Yong, a Han Chinese living in Xinjiang, says the social stigma of being born in the remote province is a handicap. The infectious 27-year-old believes mastering fluency in English is a weapon to fight against unfairness. Working Kung Fu into his routines, he learned the language with a rigorous self-schooling in a desires to improve his prospects and encourages those around him to do the same. (Film Location: Xinjiang, China)
Produced for Die Film
After surviving a heart attack, Frank (Michael A. Grimm) is discharged from the hospital with the doctor's advice to avoid excessive physical exertion in the future. A tango dance group is rehearsing in the theater where Frank works as a porter. In the seclusion of the porter's lodge, Frank takes his first tango steps and develops an unprecedented fascination for this art of dance. Smiled at by his friends, he hides his new passion from his wife Kathrin (Eva Meckbach) and daughter Paula (Lilith Kampffmeyer) and takes lessons from the tango teacher Maresa (Kara Wenham), who despite his corpulence is more and more enthusiastic about tango. When Kathrin finds out that Frank is "wasting himself" on dancing tango regardless of his poor health, putting his family duties on the back burner and ultimately risking his life, Frank has to leave the apartment together and temporarily move in with the exhausting mother-in-law Ingrid (Gaby Dohm). Frank will not give up his passion anymore and the family has to choose. (Film Locations: Munich, Germany) (Production Role: 3rd Unit DP)
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