About

Nico is currently studying directing at the ifs International Film School in Cologne. Getting there took time—nine years of applications, rejections and fresh starts. This did surprisingly little to change his career plans.

Before that, he trained as an audiovisual media designer and spent more than ten years working in commercial production and post-production in Bremen, Hamburg and Berlin. Mostly as an editor, but also extensively in compositing and VFX. That experience continues to shape his work as a director.

His films combine a social realist perspective on his characters with the tension of genre cinema. He’s interested in movement and restlessness, even in the quietest moments, and in how far an audience will follow his characters before questioning their decisions.

Nico is currently finishing his graduation film DRUCK and developing his debut feature.