Meet the authors

Technical Director and Coach

Andreas Feix is a filmmaker & VFX artist, and currently works at Industrial Light & Magic in London as a compositor. eclipse-fx.net

Andreas Zerr began as a marketing manager at Apple from 1999 to 2002. Motivated by creativity, he transitioned to film and television as a freelance editor, then producer and director. In 2012, he founded PIXELGALAXIE and managed this production company until 2020. After selling his shares, Andreas focused on producing and directing his own movies, continuing to craft impactful stories with expertise and vision.

Arne Palluck is a 3D generalist and designs 3D animations for German television programmes such as "TerraX" on ZDF or "PM Wissen" on Servus TV. He is also a 3D layout artist for large VFX studios, where he takes care of the camera and layout for feature films. He brags to his daughter's friends that he has already worked on Star Wars.

Digital Production Newsroom

I am a freelance compositing artist from Hamburg, Germany. I am working on both commercial and episodic/feature projects. My tools of choice are The Foundry's Nuke and Autodesk Flame. Beyond that i do teach at the HFF in Munich and create tutorials for fxphd.com. And of course i am a frequent contributor to digital production magazine as well as a co-host of the Let's fix it in Pod Podcast.

Cornel Hillmann is a CG artist and XR designer and has been working in the field of media & entertainment, visualisation and design for over 20 years. He has worked with brands such as Panasonic, Jaguar and Razor, taught 3D design courses at Limkokwing University and runs masterclasses in immersive media post-production, advanced 3D, VR and media design. He is also the author of the books "Unreal for Mobile and Standalone VR" and "UX for XR" published by Apress in New York.

Daniel Mozbäuchel is a freelance 3D artist & generalist from Salzgitter, who also works as a beta tester. His specialty are 3D product visualizations but mainly technical visualization and 3D animations of production machines. You can see more of my work at: 4dm-works.com

Senior Editor at DIGITAL PRODUCTION since 1997 - Günter Hagedorn has been part of the editorial team at DIGITAL PRODUCTION since its inception and has been involved with the event since the first animago in 1997. He is currently a co-organizer and jury chairman. The animago is awarded in the industry for the best computer-generated films, animations, special effects, and more. He also works as a freelance graphic designer and programmer in Norderstedt, and since 2004, he has also been extensively involved with photography. Günter Hagedorn's core competencies include editorial work, but also graphic design, web design, search engine optimization (SEO), database development, video editing, photography, and event management. At animago, he is entrusted with the organization of the competition. This includes, for example, communicating with the participants, conducting the jury meetings, providing creative advice for the animago trailer, and directing the awards ceremony. In his free time, people photography is a major hobby. In addition to publishing a book on portrait and nude photography, Günter Hagedorn shares his knowledge of studio photography and image retouching in individual coaching sessions and group seminars.

Gottfried Hofmann is a graduate computer scientist and offers for more than a decade training and professional support for the free support for the free 3D software Blender. As a freelance author he writes for trade and computer magazines and has written numerous Blender tutorials. He runs the website www.BlenderDiplom.com, on which Blender tutorials are available in German and English language are available and training courses can be booked, and helps with the organisation of BlenderDay and Blender Summer School, the German-language conference for Blender users, which takes place annually in Mannheim .

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ICE is THE conference dedicated to the disciplines encompassing all creative processes around 3D environments, from concept and design to final result. It covers all industries: Entertainment, Advertisement, Training & Simulation, GIS, AEC/BIM, and others. The key focus is on the art & the artists - the people who make it all happen. The scope of topics or tracks shall range widely, from concept art, to design, to layouts of game levels, to technical workflows, research, client relations or project budgeting, but also address related topics such as entering the industries, job security, work-life balance or contract negotiations.

Jana Johnston is a Germany-based filmmaker, photographer, and videographer who splits her time between making images and teaching other people how to make images without starting a small fire in post. She is a co-founder at Mondlicht Film and holds an M.Eng. in Audiovisual Media plus a B.A. in Media Design. As a lecturer, she is affiliated with the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) and external lecturer e.g., at Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart (HdM) and ARD.ZDF Media Academy, so yes, she can explain camera, edit, and grading choices with the calm confidence of someone who has seen too many “quick fixes” arrive five minutes before delivery. Most recently, she also completed the Blackmagic certified DaVinci Resolve trainer course, which is the polite way of saying: if your timeline is a mess, she can probably still rescue it.

Jörn-Erik Burkert has been involved in computer graphics and programming since 1987. At the beginning on the Commodore 64, later Amiga and PC were added. Today he is a freelance author and consultant in the fields of 3D graphics, special effects, 3D printers, software development and the Internet.

After his studies at the TH Nuremberg he worked as a comper, vfx editor and pipeline TD at Trixter, Mackevision, Scanline and other studios. Today he is the founder of the asset library software ‘Das Element’ (das-element.com) and runs also runs ‘the VFX shop‘ (thevfxshop.com)

Manuel Kotulla works as a freelance Creative Director, Motion Designer, and 3D / VFX Artist in Hamburg. Previously, he spent many years as Creative Director for Animation & VFX at the Serviceplan Group. He has a passion for Houdini, cinematic lighting, and his Fuji camera.

Dr. Mathias Möhl is the founder of mamoworld and develops tools for motion design, video editing and workflow automation. His extensions for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve — including Automation Blocks, BeatEdit, Caption Cat and Squash & Stretch — help creatives automate repetitive tasks and make complex workflows more accessible. His current focus is on AI-assisted timeline automation and agentic workflows for professional video editors.

A senior 3d artist based in Munich / Germany who‘s been working at Aixsponza for nearly two decades now. I‘m pretty good at getting things done in time and in a way that doesn‘t drive people crazy. Therefore in the past few years I shifted more and more to the role of directing my own projects within Aixsponza, leading teams, supervising on set and managing production.

Matthias Aderhold is a freelance application engineer and workflow specialist. He works as a technical consultant for several software developers for color correction of film and television and works with various post houses. post houses. He also offers trainings in this field and is himself as an editor, DIT and colorist worldwide. In 2O15 he founded Angry Face to distribute worldwide the Rageboard, a grading panel he developed based on the Tangent Element.

Michael Radeck works with his company eXpert Media Solutions as a trainer and consultant in the field of high-end post-production and sells selected post-production tools. He also works as a multicopter pilot with "flyingshots" and offers training courses on all aspects of professional aerial photography.

Mike Kuhn has passed the 3ds Max Certified Trainer exam, is an author and developer with more than 2O years of experience in industrial visualisation and various workflows.

Redakteurin der Digital Production

Mondlicht Studios is a CGI Studio located in the heart of Germany. Boasting a significant background in the automotive sector, their ex­pertise is a testament to their deep roots and understanding of the nuances in this industry. The foundation of the company is built on the rich experience of their co-founders, each bringing close to 20 years of professional expertise to the table.  Surrounded by a small team of veterans and professionals the team is delivering award winning content, providing aid and helping clients to step up. Among these clients are Lucid Motors, LVMH, Nissan, Panerai, BMW, Netflix, Amazon, Netflix and many other renowned brands.  Over the years, they‘ve been honoured with numerous awards including Promax Global Excellence and Clio Entertainment Award. The team‘s dedication to excellence has also led them to be named among the top 200 digital artists in 2021, 2022, and 2023 in the Lürzer’s Archive. Mondlicht Studios has also been celebrated multiple times at the Motion Design Awards and in 2023 became certified service partners of Epic Games. Beyond their achievements, they believe in giving back to the community. Members of the team have had the honor of serving as judges at renowned platforms such as the NY Advertising Awards and Promax North America. 

Nils Calles runs a media agency in Musikpark 2 in Mannheim's Jungbusch creative district, where he specialises in producing trailers, motion graphics, image films, magazine programmes in the virtual studio, tutorials and 360-degree websites. He is also a producer for Linkedin Learning and a trainer and consultant for workflows and software in the post-production sector. He has also been travelling the world for over 25 years as an editor, producer and compositor for various productions and broadcasters at trade fairs and in OB vans and has put the site postproduction-tutorials.net online with selected video tutorials.

Olaf Finkbeiner works as a 3D/CAD specialist for a provider of software and creative services in the field of industrial 3D visualisation. He made his first 3D experiences on the Amiga with Imagine, then for years with 3D Studio and Mental Ray. Now he has found his 3D software and renderer home in Houdini.

Ralf Gliffe has been designing multimedia has been designing multimedia content for 2O years. He is not only fascinated by creative creative commissions, but also software that allows you to expand your own can be expanded.

Raphael Rau is an artist specialized in photorealistic physically based computer generated imagery / animation based in Ludwigsburg, Germany. His work ranges from art direction to creation of logo animations, pack-shots and CG shorts.

Thomas is a Senior Technical Writer at SideFX/Houdini and a member of the R&D team. He has over 20 years of experience in creating documentation and tutorials. Before joining SideFX, he worked as a FluidFX Artist at NextLimit, among other roles. Since 2015, Thomas has been a regular at FMX, where people can meet and exchange ideas with him.

I'm a retired professor, teaching camerawork, post-production, and VFX at Braunschweig University of Arts and digital camerawork at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg for many years. Now living in Bandung, Indonesia for parts of my time, where I'm also an associate professor at the film department of UPI.