::: VITA ::..::::...
Mathias grew up in Karlsruhe, south-germany. After years playing drums, becoming obsessed with cameras,
spending red light times in photolabs and finishing school, he took up studies in "audiovisual media" at HdM
Stuttgart with focus on photography, filmmaking and postproduction. Graduation in 2000.
In 1997 he arrived in Berlin, entered the film business as assistant director at
BLOW Film, learning by experience on set. Numerous musicvideo projects as 1st AD. In 1998 writing treatments and
first works as director of musicvideos.
In 1999 the directing team "twodirectors" was established together with
Christoph Mangler. The next five years numerous musicvideo projects have been shot at various scales around the globe,
including award winning ones.
First commercials in 2003. Lecturer at the "German Filmschool for Digital Artists".
Through all these years continuously working as a freelance editor.
In 2010 Mathias incorporated together with Enrico Swienty the company "ZYLINDER content".
A new solid gateway for the opportunities to come.
Still based in Berlin, the years led him around the world, working in numerous countries.
Nowadays Mathias looks back on more than a decade of professional experience in the industry,
including works as director, writer, editor, photographer, lecturer and producer.
::: NOMINATIONS & AWARDS :::..::..
::: FEHLFARBEN "club der ..."
..: MuVi-Awards INTERNATIONALE KURZFILMTAGE OBERHAUSEN: nominated for "best video"
::: CURSE "zehn rap gesetze"
..: JUICE-AWARD 03/2001 (magazine): nominated for "best national Hip-Hop Video 2000"
..: part of "German Rap Video Classics"-DVD released by "JUICE Magazine"
::: KEILERKOPF "nix zu verliern"
..: MECON 2001/NEW TALENT AWARD: nominated for "best video"
::: OLI.P "i wish"
..: GERMAN CLIP AWARD 1999: nominated
for "best cinematography" (DP Daniel Gottschalk)
::: DJ STYLEWARZ "bitte...wer?"
..: part of "German Rap Video Classics"-DVD released by "JUICE Magazine"
..: ANIMAGO AWARD 2003: 3rd place in the category "music video
professional/animation" (Andy Probst, X-OR Augsburg)
::: TRISTAN "fressen und ..."
..: MECON 2000/NEW TALENT AWARD: 2nd place in the category "visual
effects"
..: CLIP Awards 2001: nominated for "best edit" (editor: Ilka Risse)
::: CURSE "lass uns doch freunde sein"
..: CLIP+ - DER MUSIKVIDEOSCHNITTPREIS: nominated for "best edit"
(editor: Sven Budelmann).
::: SUPERKIND "mein herz hat ..."
..: GERMAN CLIP AWARD 1999: nominated for
"Best Edit"
::: PROJECT LISTINGS :::...::..::...
::: directed commercials & TV & corporates :::..::.
· VOLKSWAGEN "Edition 25- Geneva Motorshow 2011" (co-director, corporate, prod.: United Visions , Berlin)
· SKODA "Brandfilm 2011" (co-director, corporate, prod.: United Visions , Berlin)
· RELENTLESS "Wacken Festival 2011" (corporate, prod.: Schuhwerkmedia , Berlin)
· CONVERSE "You´re it!" Germany - Herr Schulze (featurette, prod.: ACNE* PRODUCTIONS, Santa Monica)
· CONVERSE "You´re it!" Germany - Okay&Okay (featurette, prod.: ACNE* PRODUCTIONS, Santa Monica)
· BMW IPA "BMW3 vs. MB C-Class" (Corporate Pitch Film, prod.: Big Fish)
· JÄGERMEISTER "Rockliga 2007" (Image, ag.: Schröder+Schömbs PR GmbH)
· CARTOON NETWORK DANCE CLUB, 8 Episodes (TV Series, Client: Turner Media, London)
· ABDA Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists - various (corporate, Client: ABDA)
· UdK Universität der Künste Berlin "Trendspotted 2010" (featurette, Client: UdK Berlin)
· INTERBREW.KLINSKOE "crosswords" (TVC, ag.: Lowe Adventa prod.: Fibr Film)
· INTERBREW.KLINSKOE "cinema" (TVC, ag.: Lowe Adventa prod.: Fibr Film)
· VYBEMOBILE "Snoop Dogg" (Online Viral, ag.: Plantage, Berlin prod: FatCap Marketing)
· SALAMANDER "endless diversity" (TVC, ag.: Taivas Moscow prod.: Fibr Film)
· SUPERSIDE FIM Sidecar World Championship 2009 (motorsport featurettes, client: Superside FIM)
· Ds KIDS CLUB "Vol.01" (DVD, Educational)
· DANTAO "Vol.02" (DVD, Educational)
· UPECO.SALTON "shoes with optimism" (TVC, ag.: Taivas Moscow prod.: Fibr Film)
· INTERBREW.KLINSKOE "miami promo" (TVC, ag.: Lowe Adventa prod.: Fibr Film)
· INTERBREW.KLINSKOE "chinatown" (TVC, ag.: Lowe Adventa prod.: Fibr Film)
· INTERBREW.KLINSKOE "bowling" (TVC, ag.: Lowe Adventa prod.: Fibr Film)
· INTERBREW.KLINSKOE "barbecue" (TVC, ag.: Lowe Adventa prod.: Fibr Film)
· COSMO "mai usor" (TVC, ag.: D'Arcy Bukarest prod.: Sagafilm Bukarest)
· JONES Austria "autumn/winter collection 2005" (image film)
· FLOBBI "flirt" (Online Viral, ag.: FatCap Marketing)
· BASF "celebrate" (spec commercial)
· LUFTHANSA "simply fly" (spec commercial)
· TECHNICS "exploding turntable" (spec commercial)
· FUJI"pixel your life" (spec commercial)
· MOBILE.DE "heaven sent" (spec commercial)
· PLAYSTATION 2 "bullet" (spec commercial)
· PLAYSTATION 2 "car escape" (spec commercial)
· PLAYSTATION 2 "football" (spec commercial)
· UNESCO "education for all" (spec commercial)
· BANK OF EAST ASIA "the pianist" (spec commercial)
· DIESEL.COM "protest, support,act!" (spec commercial)
· WELLA "wellastrate - step by step" (corporate)
::: directed musicvideos :::..::.
· SEBASTIAN RUIN "Schöpfer, Penner, Held"
· F.R. "Flucht zu dir"
· ELOW "Wake Up"
· TONI KATER "liebe ist"
· THE RASMUS "sail away" (twodirectors)
· PAULA "es kommt immer alles anders" (twodirectors)
· SUCH A SURGE "mission erfüllt" (twodirectors)
· MNEMIC "door 2.12" (twodirectors)
· KLEZ.E "real fernsehen" (twodirectors)
· ITALO RENO & GERMANY "na und !?!" (twodirectors)
· SURF "I'm a boy" (twodirectors)
· ELLI "not my type" (twodirectors)
· CALIBAN "the beloved and the ..." (twodirectors)
· VANILLA NINJA "when indians cry" (twodirectors)
· ASHANA "u gonna get it" (twodirectors)
· ELLI "in my dream" (twodirectors)
· BIZ MARKIE "friends" (twodirectors)
· SANDY "unnatural blonde" (twodirectors)
· 4LYN "kisses of a strobelight" (twodirectors)
· VANILLA NINJA "don't go too fast" (twodirectors)
· ROD MICHAEL "someday" (twodirectors)
· VANILLA NINJA "tough enough" (twodirectors)
· DESIRE "why me" (twodirectors)
· TAPE "yeeha" (twodirectors)
· ASD "sag mir wo die party ist!" (twodirectors)
· CURSE "hand hoch" (twodirectors)
· SINCERE "killerboys on acid" (twodirectors)
· FEHLFARBEN "club der schönen Mütter" (twodirectors)
· YUNDI LI "la campanella" (twodirectors)
· DJ STYLEWARZ, TORCH & D-FLAME "bitte...wer?" (twodirectors)
· TELL YOUR MOTHER "just sitting here" (twodirectors)
· AMLESET "ich will dich" (twodirectors)
· AMLESET "beginner" (twodirectors)
· CURSE "so nicht" (digital guerilla) (twodirectors)
· CURSE "warum nicht?" (twodirectors)
· APOCALYPTICA FEAT. M. SAYER "hope vol.II" (twodirectors)
· CURSE "lass uns doch freunde sein" (twodirectors)
· EMIL BULLS "leaving you with this" (twodirectors)
· TEFLA & JALEEL "postwendend" (twodirectors)
· TEFLA & JALEEL "beats & raps" (twodirectors)
· ECHOES OF YOUTH "muchu" (twodirectors)
· KEILERKOPF "nix zu verliern" (twodirectors)
· SAMIR "tut gut" (twodirectors)
· CURSE "hassliebe" (twodirectors)
· ATEMLOS "nichts mehr von dir" (twodirectors)
· CURSE "zehn rap gesetze" (twodirectors)
· TRISTAN "fressen und gefressen werden" (twodirectors)
· MASSIVE TÖNE "chartbreaker" (Vielsäcker/Bergendahl)
· ERIC I.Q. GRAY "the fight" (Vielsäcker/Gresenz)
· OLI.P "i wish" (Vielsäcker/Gresenz)
· DE/VISION "strange affection" (Vielsäcker/Wedig)
::: directed shorts :::..::.
· "#siebzehn" (HdM Stuttgart, coprod. ARRI München)
· "Aussen Vor" (twodirectors, berlin36-festival)
::: editing ..........
· OLYMPUS "Pen Story - Giant" (viral, Big Fish)
· COCA-COLA "Sound Up 2011" (corporate, prod.: Schuhwerkmedia)
· RELENTLESS "Wacken Festival 2011" (corporate, prod.: Schuhwerkmedia)
· BILD.mobil "Flughafen" (tvc, Big Fish)
· BILD.mobil "Putzfrau" (tvc, Big Fish)
· BMW "The Switch - M3, Sauber F1" (image, soup.film)
· BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE "Image 2008" (corporate, House Of Packshots)
· ALLIANZ "Allianz Arena - BBC Sponsor" (tvc)
· OPEL Corsa TomTom "insiders" (tvc, soup.film)
· RELENTLESS "Foreign Beggars Tour" (corporate, prod.: Schuhwerkmedia)
· ABDA Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists - various (corporate, Client: ABDA)
· UdK Universität der Künste Berlin "Trendspotted 2010" (featurette, Client: UdK Berlin)
· COCA-COLA "Soundwave Discovery Tour" (corporate, Schuhwerk)
· BMW "Kinetik" (tvc, soup.film)
· VYBEMOBILE "Snoop Dogg" (Online Viral, ag.: Plantage, Berlin prod: FatCap Marketing)
· OPEL Corsa TomTom "insiders" (tvc, soup.film)
· SIEMENS Austria "spin the globe" (tvc, soup.film)
· LOOSE Käserei 2010" (tvc, made.in.munich)
· K5 Film "Truth about Men" (filmtrailer, K5 Film, Munich)
· FLOBBI "flirt" (Online Viral, ag.: FatCap Marketing)
· RITTER SPORT "Brunnen" (tvc recut, Big Fish)
· SUPERSIDE FIM Sidecar World Championship 2009 (motorsport featurettes, client: Superside FIM)
· JONES Austria "spring.summer collection 2006" (image film)
· TV LOONLAND AG "börsengang" (tvc, Neue Sentimental Film)
· JONES Austria "autumn.winter collection 2005" (image film)
· SOLINO "release trailer soundtrack" (tvc, Sony BMG)
· LAITH AL DEEN "Sicher Sein" - unreleased (musicvideo)
· LENA "What A Man" (musicvideo)
· BASF "celebrate" (spec commercial)
· LAITH AL DEEN "Sicher Sein" - unreleased (musicvideo)
· LUFTHANSA "simply fly" (spec commercial)
· TECHNICS "exploding turntable" (spec commercial)
· MOBILE.DE "heaven sent" (spec commercial)
· PLAYSTATION 2 "bullet" (spec commercial)
· PLAYSTATION 2 "car escape" (spec commercial)
· PLAYSTATION 2 "football" (spec commercial)
· UNESCO "education for all" (spec commercial)
· BANK OF EAST ASIA "the pianist" (spec commercial)
· DIESEL.COM "protest, support,act!" (spec commercial)
· SEBASTIAN RUIN "Schöpfer, Penner, Held" (musicvideo)
· F.R. "Flucht zu dir" (musicvideo)
· CÄTHE "Unter Meiner Haut" - unreleased (musicvideo)
· LUNIK "little bit" (musicvideo)
· TONI KATER "liebe ist" (musicvideo)
· PAULA "es kommt immer alles anders" (musicvideo)
· SUCH A SURGE "mission erfüllt" (musicvideo)
· MNEMIC "door 2.12" (musicvideo)
· KLEZ.E "real fernsehen" (musicvideo)
· SURF "I'm a boy" (musicvideo)
· ELLI "not my type" (musicvideo)
· VANILLA NINJA "when indians cry" (musicvideo)
· ELLI "in my dream" (musicvideo)
· BIZ MARKIE "friends" (musicvideo)
· ROD MICHAEL "someday" (musicvideo)
· V-MALE "stereotype me" (musicvideo)
· J.C.A. "i'll see her again tonight" (musicvideo)
· DESIRE "why me" (musicvideo)
· TAPE "yeeha" (musicvideo)
· NFK FEAT. EAST END ROCKERS "don't you want me" (musicvideo)
· FEHLFARBEN "club der schönen Mütter" (musicvideo)
· MARK'OH "when the children cry" (musicvideo)
· MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPERS "i'll do it for you" (musicvideo)
· YUNDI LI "la campanella" (musicvideo)
· AMLESET "beginner" (musicvideo)
· CURSE "so nicht" (digital guerilla) (musicvideo)
· ECHOES OF YOUTH "muchu" (musicvideo)
· SAMIR "tut gut" (musicvideo)
· YASMIN ALLAIN "wo immer du bist" (musicvideo)
· BEANGROWERS "feel" (musicvideo)
· A.T.C. "around the world" (musicvideo)
· ATEMLOS "nichts mehr von dir" (musicvideo)
· OZARK HENRY "love is free to interfere" (musicvideo)
· MASSIVE TÖNE "chartbreaker" (musicvideo)
· OLI.P "i wish"(musicvideo)
· DE/VISION "strange affection" (musicvideo)
· ABSOLOM "secrets" (musicvideo)
· SUPERKIND "mein herz hat zwei flügel" (musicvideo)
::: REFERENCES ::::..::...:::...::...
::: production companies.........
·ACNE* PRODUCTIONS, Santa Monica
·soup.film, Berlin
·fibr film, Moscow
·Big Fish Filmproduktion, Berlin
·made.in.munich, Munich
·United Visions, Berlin
·Mutter & Vater, Berlin
·K5 Film, Munich
·FatCap Marketing, Berlin
·House Of Packshots, Berlin
·Schuhwerk Filmproduktion, Berlin
·BLOW Film, Berlin
·Neue Sentimental Film, Berlin
·Sagafilm, Bucharest
::: clients .....................
·ABDA
·Allianz
·BMG Music
·BMW
·Bosch Siemens
·Bros Music
·Cartoon Network, London
·Coca-Cola AG, Germany
·Converse
·Cosmo, Romania
·Cheyenne Records
·Deutsche Grammophon
·Eastwest Records
·Edel Records
·EMI Music
·Fame Recordings
·Flobbi
·Groove Attack
·Home Records
·INTERBREW
·Jägermeister
·JONES - Magda Rose KG, Vienna
·K5 Film, Munich
·K7 Records
·Klinskoe
·Loob Musik
·Motor Music
·Nuclear Blast
·Oh my sweet
·Opel
·Phlatline Records
·Polydor/Island Records
·Premium Blend
·Relentless
·Roadrunner Records Germany
·Salamander
·Salton
·Skoda
·Sony Music
·Siemens, Austria
·SUPERSIDE FIM
·Turner Media, London
·Universal Records
·UPECO
·Volkswagen AG
·Vybemobile
·WELLA
·Whirpool
·WEA Records
·Zomba/Jive Records