I regularly give introductions to a wide variety of films as well as guest lectures on topics related to film history and film practice – at the university, at conferences, and festivals. I have also curated various film series and held film courses.
Among other things, I have curated and held courses on “Film and the Apocalypse” and “Film and Exile” at the Paris-Lodron University in Salzburg, as well as put together film series on the First World War or the Road Movie.
When it comes to film introductions, the context is particularly important to me: I don’t want to fully explain and analyze the film in advance, but rather help the audience to classify the film. Who is behind it, in what social or political framework was the film made, how does the film relate to current events and film history? The interesting themes and aspects of the film are touched upon in such a way that the viewer can still discover the work for themselves.
My Presentations and Lectures:
July 2024
What we expected from AI: Depictions of Artificial Intelligence in Film History
(Lecture, 60 Min., German – Robert-Jungk-Bibliothek Salzburg)
May 2023
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and the History of Found-Footage Aesthetics
(Guest lecture, 90 min., English – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
April 2022
“Nobody Knows Anything”: From Script to Screen (Film practice using the example of my feature film DIE MUSE)
(Guest lecture, 90 min., English – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
April 2022
Harmony Korine and the “White Trash” World of GUMMO
(Guest lecture, 90 min., English – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
November 2021
Outlaws & Outcasts: EASY RIDER and the New Hollywood Era
(Guest lecture, 90 min., English – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
November 2021
“Nobody Knows Anything”: From Script to Screen (Film practice using the example of my feature film DIE MUSE)
(Guest lecture, 90 min., English – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
November 2020
“Nobody Knows Anything”: From Script to Screen (Film practice using the example of my feature film DIE MUSE)
(Guest lecture, 90 min., English – Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg)
November 2019
Film practice using the example of my short film CINEMA DELL’ OSCURITÀ
(Guest lecture, 90 min., English – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
October 2019
The Movies of the 1980s
(Guest lecture, 90 min., English – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
March 2019
The first sex feature film: Howard Ziehm’s MONA THE VIRGIN NYMPH
(Film introduction, 30 min., German – KommKino Nürnberg, Festival “Sweet Movies 3”)
November 2018
Film practice using the example of my short film CINEMA DELL’ OSCURITÀ
(Guest lecture, 90 min., English – Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg)
March 2018
The Journey to Porno: Howard Ziehm’s FLESH GORDON
(Film introduction, 30 min., German – KommKino Nürnberg, Festival “Sweet Movies 2”)
January 2018
Film practice using the example of my short film CINEMA DELL’ OSCURITÀ
(Guest lecture, 90 min., English – Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg)
January 2016
Myth and Archetypes: John Boorman’s EXCALIBUR
(Film introduction, 30 min., German – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
January/February 2015
The Real War: WESTFRONT 1918 and ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
(Film introductions, 30 min. each, German – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
January 2015
Introduction to film work
(Guest lecture, 45 min., English – Christian-Doppler-Gymnasium Salzburg, English lesson high school freshman class)
May 2014
Introduction to film analysis, scenic work with Theodor Fontane’s EFFI BRIEST and the cinematic adaptation by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
(Guest lecture, 90 min., German – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
April 2014
The Geography of Battle in King Vidor’s THE BIG PARADE, Lewis Milestone’s ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT and G.W. Pabst’s WESTFRONT 1918
(Guest lecture, 90 min., English – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
May 2003
The American Cinema. Plagiarism, remake or standard?
(Lecture, English, together with Stefan Stingl – Conference “One America – Many Americas”, Salzburg)
January 2003
John Carpenter’s ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
(Guest lecture, 30 min., English – Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg)
My Film Courses / Film Series as a Curator
March 2023 – July 2023
Curator of the introductory seminar “Driving the Dream: The Road Movie”
(Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, taught by Dr. Wolfgang Görtschacher)
October 2022 – January 2023
Co-Leader and Curator of the introductory seminar “Films and the Apocalypse” (Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, taught together with Dr. Wolfgang Görtschacher)
March 2020 – June 2020
Co-Leader and Curator of the introductory seminar “Films and Exile”
Films covered were ROUND MIDNIGHT (1986, Bertrand Tavernier), BLACK GIRL / LA NOIRE DE … (1966, Ousmane Sembène), THE MOSQUITO COAST (1986, Peter Weir), EAT A BOWL OF TEA (1989, Wayne Wang), and MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON (1984, Paul Mazursky), amongst others
(Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, taught together with Dr. Wolfgang Görtschacher)
March-June 2014
Curator of the film series “Oh, What a Theatrical War!” on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the First World War
Introductions to PATHS OF GLORY (1957, Stanley Kubrick), KING AND COUNTRY (1964, Joseph Losey), GALLIPOLI (1981, Peter Weir), ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930, Lewis Milestone), THE GRAND ILLUSION (1937, Jean Renoir), MERRY CHRISTMAS (2005, Christian Carion), WESTERN FRONT 1918 (1930, G.W. Pabst), THE GREAT WAR (1959, Mario Monicelli), THE BIG PARADE (1925, King Vidor), FOUR SONS (1928, John Ford) and WAR HORSE (2011, Steven Spielberg)
(Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, organized by Dr. Wolfgang Görtschacher)
March-June 2003
Co-coordinator of the lecture series “British Cinema and American Movies”
Introductions to ON THE WATERFRONT (1954, Elia Kazan), APOCALYPSE NOW (1979, Francis Ford Coppola), amongst others, …
(Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, together with Dr. Leo Truchlar)
March-June 2002
Co-coordinator of the lecture series “British Cinema and American Movies”
Introductions to GONE IN 60 SECONDS (2000, Dominic Sena), DON’T SAY A WORD (2001, Gary Fleder), amongst others, …
(Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, together with Dr. Leo Truchlar, Dr. Holger Klein, and Stefan Stingl)