Markus was born and raised 1981 in the beautiful south of germany, living in his adopted home of Hamburg since 2001. Big love for Franzbrötchen!

Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg, attended Wim Wenders‘ film class and got supervised by Pepe Danquart for his diploma with distinction. Nominated for one of the most important European camera awards in the documentary film category, published book author he’s also teaching media design at the university as well as being a certified coach for his own film & photography workshops & masterclasses.

Working as a freelance film and photography professional as well as a creative producer. Specialized in giving unique exposure to brands & people. In love with still & moving images. Light magician. Owner of the Rocket Studio in St. Pauli, Hamburg.

Happy clients include brands such as
Google, Montblanc, Jaguar, Schwarzkopf Professional, Villeroy & Boch, Lufthansa, OTTO, inscope21, Stimming and a few more

awarded and nominated for
2nd Place Boudoir Photography Awards 2023, “Open Doku Dokumentarfilm-Festival” Spiegel.TV, 2. Platz SideBySide Festival, Official Selection Plus Camerimage, Nominated for best camera short documentaries, 1. Platz Kurzfilmfestival Bad Oldesloe, Sonderprogramm Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Official selection Radar Filmfestival, Hamburg, Finalist DMMA (Interactive Campaigns), First Place World Peace Film and Music Award, Finalist Onlinestar ’09 (Microsites), Mobius award 2nd place ‘Certificate for Outstanding Creativity’

appeared in publications such as
Approved, ARD, art Special, Artells, Beat, Beautica, Boudoir Inspiration, chiiz, Dark Beauty, Die Zeit, Dolce, Dominante, Figgi, Groove, Hamburger Morgenpost, HiLife – Boudoir edition, imirage, Kite & Friends, LeDesir, Looker, Malvie, Marika, mixmag, NDR, Opium Red, Playboy Germany, Roidx, Selim, Stern, Stylécruze, Swanky, Trench, Untold, Volo, Welt

and got exhibited at
Screening at MoMa PopRally NY: Abstract Currents, New York, Millerntor Gallery, Artboxy New York.