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Till
Nowak is a digital artist, designer and filmmaker, born
in 1980. Since
1999 Till works as a professional computer graphics artist on
his own independent projects and as an efficient one-man-production-company
for high profile clients. Till graduated
2005 in media design at the University of Applied Sciences in
Mainz, Germany. He
is now based in Hamburg.
Tills work has been exhibited in hundreds of international film
festivals, featured in books and at SIGGRAPH 2006, 2007, 2009
and 2011 and was awarded with more than 60 awards, for example
in Annecy or at the AFI Fest Hollywood. Besides
his studio work Till has given lectures about his workflows
in international events, such as universities in Korea, Germany
and Australia, at the 361° conference in Mumbai and the
NIFFF in Neuchatel and worked as jury member in various film
festivals.
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| 2013 |
"Best
Film" Audience Award, Landau International Film Festival,
2012 |
| 2013 |
"Hauptpreis
für Künstler unter 35 Jahren", KINO DER KUNST,
Munich, 2012 |
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2012
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"Best
Writing", ONE SCREEN by THE ONE CLUB, New York, USA,
2012 |
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2012
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Deutscher
Kurzfilmpreis 2012 |
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2012
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"Best
use of digital technology in a short film", flickerfest,
2012, Australia |
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2012
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"Audience
Award", UNLIMITED Film Festival 2012, Cologne, Germany |
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2012
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"Audience
Award", ALCINE Film Festival 2012, Spain |
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2012
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"Best
Short Film", KAOHSIUNG Film Festival 2012, Taiwan |
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2012
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"Best
Selection Award", 34th MOSCOW IFF, Russia |
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2012
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"Sonderpreis
der Jury", ANIMAGO Award 2012 |
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2012
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"Best
Producer", Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012 |
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2012
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"Best
SF&F shortfilm", CHICON 7, Chicago, USA |
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2012
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"Best
Visual Effects", CRYPTSHOW 2012, Barcelona, Spain |
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2012
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"Liberté
Award" Audience Award , HAMBURG International Shortfilm
Festival |
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2012
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"Best
Short Short", ASPEN Shortsfest |
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2012
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"Best
Shortfilm" Audience Award , REGENSBURG Shortfilm Week
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2012
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"Team-Work-Award",
STUTTGARTER FILMWINTER, Germany |
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2011
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Pille
Filmgeräteverleih-Sachpreis, EXGROUND Filmfest, Wiesbaden |
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2011
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"Kurosawa
Award" for creative Excellence, 24fps Film Festival,
Abilene, USA |
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2011
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Audience
award, Fantasy & Horror Filmfestival, San Sebastian |
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2011
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International
Jury Award, Fantasy & Horror Filmfestival, San Sebastian |
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2011
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Audience
Award FILMFESTIVAL MÜNSTER for "The Centrifuge
Brain Project" |
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2008
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"Best
debut", TINDIRINDIS International Animation Festival
in Vilnius |
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2008
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"Best
Animation ", PEDRERA Short Film Festival, Uruguay |
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2007
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"Best
shortfilm" Méliès d'Argent, Fantasy &
Horror Film Festival, San Sebastian |
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2007
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Jury
Award "Best Animation", ICON international film
festival, Israel |
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2007
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Audience
Award "Best Animation", ICON international film
festival, Israel |
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2007
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"Best
Animation " STEPS right protection film festival,
Kiev, Ukraine |
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2007
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"Best
Animation " CRESTED BUTTE REEL FEST |
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2007
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"Jury's
special award" 58th Intl. Short Film Festival Montecatini,
Italy |
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2007
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"Juror
Choice Award" ASU FILM FESTIVAL, USA |
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2007
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"Best
Animation" BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL, AUSTRALIA |
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2007
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"Best
shortfilm" ANIMABASAURI3, SPAIN |
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2007
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"Best
animation" DURANGO FILM
FESTIVAL, USA |
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2007
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Winner
of FÖRDERPREIS FÜR
JUNGE KÜNSTLER des
Landes NRW |
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2007
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"Best
animation" CAPALBIO CINEMA, ITALY |
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2007
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"Best
Animation" DURANGO Film
Festival, USA |
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2007
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"Best
Animation" SEDONA Film
Festival, USA |
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2007
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"Excellence
in Filmmaking" SEDONA Film
Festival, USA |
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2006
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Winner
of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Kurzfilmpreis, Germany
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2006
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"Best
Shortfilm" (audience) PRAGUE
Shortfilm Festival, Czech Republic |
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2006
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audience
award Hamburg Animation Award, Germany |
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2006
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"Best
Animation" SEHSÜCHTE,
Germany |
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2006
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"Best
Short" BUDAPEST Anifest, Hungary |
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2006
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Winner
of Victory Arts International Competition, USA |
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2006
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"Best
Animation" MONTERREY Film
Festival, Mexico |
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2006
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Winner of the MEDITERRANEAN
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD by the
United Nations
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2006
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"Best
Animation" TEHERAN shortfilm
festival, Iran |
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2006
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"Best
first film" ANNECY 2006,
France |
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2005
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"Best
Shortfilm" BERGISCHES FILMFEST, Germany |
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2005
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"Best
Shortfilm" OFFF Barcelona,
Spain |
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2005
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"Best
student animation" goEast Festival, Germany |
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2005
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"Best
Shortfilm" PRIX UIP, Belgium |
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2005
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"Best
short" (Audience award) AFI FEST, Hollywood |
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2005
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"Best
short" (Jury award) AFI FEST, Hollywood |
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2001
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Debitel
Media Design Award, Berlin |
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2012
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Honorary
Mention , MESSAGE TO MAN Filmfestival, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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2012
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Honorary
Mention of the Jury, OBERHAUSEN 59th Int. Shortfilm Festival
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2012
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Special
Mention, CONCORTO, Pontenure, Italy |
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2012
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Honorary
Mention of the Youth Jury, FILMFEST Dresden |
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2012
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Honorary
Mention of the Jury, REGENSBURG Shortfilmweek |
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2011
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Audience
Award 2nd Price, EXGROUND Filmfest, Wiesbaden |
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2011
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Honorary
Mention at PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA for "The
Experience of Fliehkraft" |
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2010
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Autodesk
3ds max MASTER Award |
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2009
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2nd
Prize VISUAL
MUSIC AWARD, Cocoon
Club, Frankfurt |
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2009
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Master
Award EXPOSÈ
7 |
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2008
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Excellence
Award EXPOSÉ 6 BOOK |
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2008
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Master
Award ELEMENTAL
3 by Ballistic Publishing |
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2008
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Jury
recommended work, JAPAN Media Arts Festival |
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2007
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CG
Choice Awards for "Salad",
"Blowout at Exit 16A", "The Shaved Bumblebee" |
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2007
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Excellence
Award EXPOSÉ
5 BOOK |
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2007
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2nd
prize "Visual Music Award", Frankfurt, Germany |
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2006
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2nd
Prize Chicago International
Childrens Film Festival |
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2005
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ANIMAGO
(category still/environment)
for "Morning" |
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2005
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FAVOURITE WEBSITE
AWARD |
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2005
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DESIGN FORTE AWARD |
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2004
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ANIMAGO
(category still/Gebrauchsgegenstand),
Stuttgart |
Exhibitions, lecturing, jury participation,
collaborations, publicity
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2001
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Nominee
for eDward 2001, Frankfurt |
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2003
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Nominee VIPER BASEL
2003, Switzerland |
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2005
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Participation
in "Historias Animadas" Exhibition in Barcelona |
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2006
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"Delivery"
becomes part of German films "next generation 2006"
selection
which is screened in Cannes and in New York's MoMA) |
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2006
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Invitation
as guest of the 5th festival of german films in Australia
(by German Films & Goethe Institute)) |
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2006
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Invited
to the selection commitee of Munich International Festival of
Film Schools |
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2006
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"Delivery"
selected for SIGGRAPH 2006 animation theatre |
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2006
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Speaking
in panel discussion "animiert - programmiert" (Kunst-
und Ausstellungshalle Bonn) |
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2006
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Becomes
member of the European Film Academy and ACM SIGGRAPH |
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2006
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Invited
as guest lecturer at FH Darmstadt |
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2007
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Invited
as guest lecturer to Kyemyung University and Kyewon University
in South Korea |
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2007
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3D
image "Salad" is part of the SIGGRAPH art Gallery
2007 and Exposé 5 book |
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2007
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DVD
of "Delivery" produced and distribution started In
Europe and USA |
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2007
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Jury
member at Pontault-Combault Film Festival, France |
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2007
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Jury
member at Munich International Festival of Film Schools |
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2007
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Participating
in Les Baranys "Carnivora" book project (www.baranybooks.com) |
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2007
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Exhibiting
"Salad" in the "Garage Biennale" exhibition,
San Francisco |
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2008
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Exhibiting
"Dishes" in the Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition
in Tokyo |
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2008
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Working
as Jury Member for the 20th Filmfest Dresden |
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2008
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Invited
as speaker at NIFFF Symposium "Imaging the future" |
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2008
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Exhibiting
"Souvenirs" in the "Time is Love" Exhibition,
Galerie octObre, Paris |
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2008
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Exhibiting
"Salad" in the "DigitalEyes 2008" Exhibition,
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery |
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2009
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Speaking
at "361° - The Design Conference" in Mumbai /
India |
| 2009 |
"Spring"
selected for SIGGRAPH 2009 animation theatre in New Orleans |
| 2009 |
Exhibiting
"Dishes" and "Blowout at Exit 16A" at SIGGRAPH
ASIA 2009 |
| 2009 |
Working
as guest jury member for the book "Digital art masters
Vol. 5" by 3dtotal |
| 2009/10 |
Exhibiting
"Salad" as part of HR Gigers Exhibitions in Frankfurt
and Tampere |
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2010
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Working
as jury member for the "The day we left earth" competition
by itsartmag.com |
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2010
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Exhibiting
"Exponat No. 17" in "Das Geschehen 3" group
show, Infernoesque Gallery, Berlin |
| 2010 |
Opening
"Kelvin", permanent light installation, Water Tower
Neumünster |
| 2010 |
Guest
exhibition at KulturKlub Hamburg |
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2010
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Music
Video "Spring" selected for Ars Electronica Animation
Festival 2010 |
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2011
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Exhibiting
at Group show "The Digital Palette", Artspace Gallery,
Hartford, CT, USA |
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2011
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"The
Experience of Fliehkraft" honoured as Award's runner-up
at SIGGRAPH, USA |
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2011
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Solo
Exhibition "A lot of civilisation", Museum Prototyp,
Hamburg, November 2011 |
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2012
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Participating
in exhibition "Question de gout", Guyancourt showroom,
France |
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2012
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Solo
Exhibition "A lot of civilisation", Kunstforum Markert,
Hamburg |
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2012
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Solo
Exhibition "A lot of civilisation", Sommerfrische
Kunst, Bad Gastein |
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2012
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Participating
in "Media City Seoul 2012", Seoul Museum of Art, Korea |
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2013
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Member
of the international jury of the 8th Prague Shortfilm Festival |
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1999
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created
title sequence for ZDF production "HITLERS
KINDER" |
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1999
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created
title sequence "50 Jahre
Deutscher Bundestag" |
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1999
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diverse
music record releases (1999 and 2000) |
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2000
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directed
and produced imagefilm for ATG LOGISTICS |
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2000
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hired
for diverse screen designs by concept! AG |
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2000
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produced
diverse print designs for VIVA ART |
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2001
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hired
for diverse print productions by PRINT+TV agency (since
2001) |
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2001
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hired
for diverse screen designs by NEWIDENTITY AG (since 2001) |
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2001
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edited
diverse promotional videos for ALLENTERTAINMENT GmbH
(since 2001) |
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2001
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produced
and directed educational film for "Bundesamt für
Gewässerkunde" |
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2001
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created
photo art calender for FOX DEPARTMENT |
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2002
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hired
for diverse media productions by AMC Advanced marketing
consulting |
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2002
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hired
for the print production of LECH ZÜRS TOURISMUS
by PRINT+TV agency |
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2002
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developed
style guide for worldwide employee magazine SCHOTT AG
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2003
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hired
for art direction and design by TMC - the marketing company
(since 2003) |
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2003
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starting
monthly production of SCHOTT AG employee magazine (2003
- 2007) |
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2003
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hired
for screen designs by ogilvy interactive |
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2003
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created
3D animations for ZDF production "Die Verschleppten" |
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2003
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created
3D animations for ZDF production Reisereportage Claus
Kleber |
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2003
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designed
and produced print brochure for artist CLEMENS STRUGALLA |
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2003
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produced
and directed student shortfilm "Telesync" |
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2004
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produced
print materials and updated corporate identity for BORMANN
BECKHAUS |
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2004
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hired
for 3D visualizations by DINU DESIGN |
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2004
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design,
repro and layout of Lucia Brauburgers book
"Abschied von Lübchen" |
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2004
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created
website for McShirt Mainz |
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2004
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produced
corporate design and brochures for
autinform GmbH & Co. KG |
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2004
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diverse
productions for TMC, SCHOTT, ZDF, PRINT+TV and others |
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2004
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directed
and produced student documentary "Mr. Cool ICE"
with Niko Zakarias |
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2005
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hired
for 3D animations by UPSTART GMBH |
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2005
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hired
for 3D modelling and compositing by METRICMINDS (Spellforce
2 Intro) |
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2005
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created
3D animations and visualizations for
LEKKERWERKEN |
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2005
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hired
for 3D animations by 3DELUXE |
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2005
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directed
and produced the shortfilm DELIVERY
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2005
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created
title sequence for shortfilm "2nd Life" |
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2005
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hired
for video installation in P1 / Munich by TMC - The Marketing
Company |
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2005
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diverse
productions for TMC, PRINT+TV,
OGILVY, AUTINFORM and others |
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2006
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hired
for 3D animation by Oncue GmbH |
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2006
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produced
title sequence and design for History Media production
"GÖRING - A CAREER" (ZDF) |
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2006
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hired
for web design / flash programming by APS WEB GMBH |
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2006
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production
of Himalya 3D animations for documentary
"Zum dritten Pol" |
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2006
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production
of 3D image "Salad"
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2006
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CG
composing "Mudslide on Mt. Rainier" for POPULAR
MECHANICS MAGAZINE / NYC |
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2006
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diverse
productions for TMC, SCHOTT, ZDF, NEW IDENTITY AG, LEKKERWERKEN
and others |
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2006
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production
of "Tofu" independent
experimental 3D Animation |
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2007
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3D
animations for documentary "ROMMELS KRIEG"
/ "ROMMELS SCHATZ"
by History Media / ZDF |
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2007
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3D
animations for ZDF production "Das Wunder von Europa"
mit Claus Kleber |
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2007
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diverse productions
for SCHOTT, APS, INNOVATRIO, 3DELUXE |
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2007
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production
of "souvenirs" experimental
film and art edition with Nik Nowak |
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2007
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"EDGES"
VIDEO INSTALLATION for WEMOTO
Clothing at Bright skateboarding tradeshow |
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2008
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Showreel
intro animation for 3deluxe
motion |
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2008
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Motion
Design for Mercedes Benz
GLK webspecial produced by FischerAppelt
tv media |
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2008
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Hired
by Aardman Animations as concept
artist for new cg feature film production |
| 2009 |
Cover
motive for "Humanoid" album by Tokio Hotel |
| 2009 |
Directed,
designed and produced Music video "Spring"
for BenJammin |
| 2009 |
"RED&BLUE"
light and sound performance in Naples
with Frank Zerban |
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2009
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3D
Animations for Flucht in die Freiheit
Documentary about the Berlin Wall, ZDF |
| 2009/10 |
Hired
by Aardman Animations as environment
designer for "Arthur Christmas" |
| 2010 |
3D
animations for 6 episodes of ZDF production Wettlauf
zum Südpol |
| 2011 |
Animated
interactive DVD menu for the band RAMMSTEIN "Made in Germany" |
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