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Investigative filmmaker & cameraman based in Brussels, working worldwide. 19+ years across South Asia, the Middle East, Africa & Europe for ARTE, ARD, DW, PBS, ZDF. Emmy & Peabody winner; 3× Emmy-nominated; CNN Best Reportage.

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Language Skills
  • Native German
  • Fluent in English (Cambridge Certificate in English)
  • Basics in French and Russian
  • Street Hindi
  • Currently learning MSA / Levantine Arabic
Communication
Work Experience
2022 – Now
  • Camera — German TV Studio Brussels
  • Multitechnician — War reporting, Ukraine
  • Multitechnician — Turkey & Morocco quakes
  • Multitechnician — Nagorno-Karabakh exodus
Studio • Field
Work Experience
2017 – 2022
  • Freelance Video Journalist in the Middle East
  • Multitechnician — Taliban takeover, Afghanistan
  • Cameraman — Syria & Iraq (fall of ISIS)
  • Cameraman — The Lebanese Revolution
VJ • Camera
Work Experience
2015 – 2017
  • App developer & company director in India
Product • Ops
Work Experience
2008 – 2016
  • Freelance Video Journalist in Asia
Asia • Long-term
Work Experience
1999 – 2007
  • Freelance camera assistant for German television
AC • ENG
Education
  • Master’s in Cinematography (Nov 2009) — Dortmund University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  • Studied Journalism — Dortmund University
Cinematography • Journalism
Military Service
1996 – 2008
  • German Army attachment to NATO HQ (MND-C) — infantry soldier & military photographer
Service • Photography

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