Affiliation / Profession: Film historian, Dr. phil. Long-time research fellow of the Berlin Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts), co-founder and long-time member of both the CineGraph Babelsberg e.V. association and the Filmblatt magazine editorial team.Visiting scientist at the ZZF Potsdam, teaching assignments at the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität Berlin and the Filmuniversität Babelsberg (substitute teacher). Co-curator of the 2012 Berlinale Retrospective “Die rote Traumfabrik“.

 Publications:Numerous reviews, essays, interviews and other publications on German film history, DEFA, film exile and topics of contemporary history, e.g. “Die rote Traumfabrik” for the eponymous Berlinale Retrospective (which received the International Willy Haas Award in Hamburg).