I’m a documentary-style filmmakeR, explorer of stories and landscapes and above all else, the human heart. I grew up in the mountains, they shaped me and my work, persistant and modest.

In my creative work as a videographer and editor, since 2016, I enjoy creating synergies between story content, visual rhythm and music. Balancing between emotion and information, conflict, beauty and joy! I want to be behind the scenes, see different perspectives, be curious.

My film work is a passport to new direct insights and fascinating stories. It’s a journalistic approach - searching for a new documentary form. Interviews are a key part of my work – I go where I sense emotion and try to ask without asking questions. Playing the game with social roles and one's own identity. Capturing the imagination of the audience and taking them on a journey of discovery. What matters are the people within these stories and their own experience of co-creating, trying to break away from traditional forms of storytelling.

I live for movement and challenges, whether scaling mountains or racing as an Ironwoman. In 2024, climbing Ama Dablam with my brother was a mind-blowing experience – pure freedom, pure adrenaline. in july 2025 i completed my first full ironman. Sport fuels me, sharpens my focus, and inspires the stories I tell.

 
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documentary • portrait • outdoor • alpine • kitesurfing • climbing • Trailrun • expedition • skitouring

 
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WHAT I do

DOCUMENTARY

Basic Concept, Cinematography, Edit


COMMERCIALS & branded content

Cinematography, Edit


Creative Concept
Idea. Story. Emotions. Visuals. Language is power.


Digital & Social Content
Developing content that is able to target multiple contact points and traditional media.


Production
Scout, Shoot, Edit. Whether it’s a scientist in the lab, a farmer amidst his chicken or an athlete on a remote glacier – if someone can get there, we can too. I mostly shoot and edit – but my productions unites people from different networks with various craftsmanships – photography, sound-design, illustration – together we tell narratives, ready to be delivered across multiple platforms.


Location
As an allrounder in (mountain) sports, I have experience in shooting in different environments and activities: Skiing, skitouring, alpine and sports-climbing, paragliding, kitesurfing, trailrunning, biking. I’ve been lucky enough to shoot in -30 degrees, on 6000m up high, in remote places and big cities. So that being said - I’m happy to suffer for a good story :)



Equipment
Sony Cinema Line FX6, Sony Alpha A7Siii
DJI Mavic Pro 3, DJI Ronin S2 Pro, GoPros, Aquatech Elite II
2xiMac Pro, Adobe Cloud & Edit on Premiere Pro

Wildschönau Zeitzeugen Trailer 2024: Mathea Holaus & Julia Brunner

forever in love with documentary filmmaking, cinematography & editing



Maybe it’s this lacking distance that makes it special, sometimes. What we forget to do - with smartphones and screens: to look closely, listen, inquire, remain open, touch. I love this game
searching closeness, while keeping distance, to find connection.

 
There’s a message in everything, if you listen close enough. (2019, Kangchenjunga himal)


There’s a message in everything, if you listen close enough. (2019, Kangchenjunga himal)

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