About

Nico is a writer and director based in Cologne, Germany.

He’s currently studying directing at the ifs International Film School in Cologne.

Getting there took time. A lot, actually. Nine years of applications, rejections, and starting over. It was a long process that taught him resilience and focus. In the meantime, he continued carving out his own path as a director.

After finishing school, Nico trained as an audiovisual media designer, followed by several years working in commercial film production in Bremen, Hamburg, and Berlin. He later shifted to freelance work to focus more on his own films and directing. Altogether, he spent over a decade in production and post, working primarily as an editor and extensively in compositing and VFX. Those years taught him what’s possible, how rhythm, image, and performance shape a scene—lessons that today guide the way he directs.

Growing up between split households and working-class realities, he’s drawn to stories about pressure beneath the surface—people holding things together, even when they’re about to come apart. His films combine realism with elements of genre, using familiar forms to uncover what’s raw and human underneath. His work has been supported by the nordmedia Filmstart funding program, screened at numerous festivals, and received both national and international awards.

He’s now developing his graduation film alongside other narrative projects, still following the same thread that began with that first camera.