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Curriculum vitae

1964 born in Aachen
1983 A-levels

Academic career

1983 - 1989 Studied Theatre, Film and Television Studies, German Studies and Library Science at the University of Cologne
1985 - 1989 Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
02/1989 Magister Artium at the University of Cologne: ‘Die schönste Frau auf der Leinwand: Der Fall Greta Garbo’ (published as ‘The Most Beautiful Woman on the Screen: The Fabrication of the Star Greta Garbo")
1988 1st prize in the ZDF video competition ‘Fairy Tales’ with ‘A Spoon for Manfred’ (broadcast on ZDF in the programme ‘Manfreds Löffel und andere Märchen’); invitation from the Goethe Institute Osaka to Japan for a video project on the subject of ‘Dragons’
1989 - 1994 Research assistant at the Institute for Theatre, Film and Television Studies at the University of Cologne
Summer 1991 Guest lecturer at the University of Ibaraki, in Mito (Japan)
02/1994 Doctorate at the University of Cologne
1994 - 2000 Research assistant at the Institute for Theatre, Film and Television Studies at the University of Cologne
2001 Habilitation at the University of Cologne: ‘Film narratives. Narrative structures in feature films of classical Hollywood cinema’ (published as: “Dramaturgie des Films”)
Since 10/2001 Chair of ‘Communication and Media Studies’ at the University of Television and Film, Munich
2002 - 2013 Vice President of the University of Television and Film, Munich