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i am michael.
i love movies and cats.
i adore movies with cats in it.

if you wanna contact me, just
send me an email:

micha {at} ich-binz.net


curriculum vitae
1987: born in cologne-ehrenfeld
2006 – 2007: operating room staff at the eye surgery center of the university hospital cologne
2007 – 2008: freelance illustrator & cartoonist
2008 – 2014: studies at the academy of media arts cologne
2014 – today: freelance writer and director living in cologne

special skills: more than 10 years experience in the traditional family bakery of my parents
(sadly now closed)


i am an award losing director.

except for:
grimme-preis (2x), max ophüls preis (audience award), deutscher fernsehpreis (best comedy), young director award (2nd place), bayerischer fernsehpreis (best entertainment), spotlight students award (gold), eurobest, adc junior wettbewerb, kurzundschön, next generation/short tiger (2x), kölner design preis, filmschoolfest munich (2x), first steps award (nomination), rose d’or (nomination), studio hamburg nachwuchspreis (nomination), goldener spatz (nomination) …and some more.


© claudia sárkány


if you want to rent „herman the german“ or „the storyteller“ for
screening purposes, please contact the awesome kurzfilmagentur hamburg:

kurzfilmagentur hamburg e.v.
Friedensallee 7
22765 Hamburg
kfa {at} shortfilm.com


you won’t find me on instagram,
but I’m on google street view ->

shot by google