Michael Hilger
Vogelweidstraße 8
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Deutschland
Telefon +49 177 7199759
eMail: contact@michael-hilger.com
PROFILE:
Michael has worked for 20+ years as director, producer and editor in Germany and the U.S.A. He has worked on corporate videos, news programs and documentaries for a wide variety of clients and institutions. Having returned to Germany in 2011 Michael works foremost as director.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
2009 - present |
Freelance Director working for SAP, BASF, KMPG, Allianz, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung, Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) and others. |
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2001 - 2009 |
Freelance Producer/director/editor of documentaries and news shows in New York City and Philadelphia. |
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1998 - 2000 |
Director of corporate films for Deutsche Bank and documentaries for TV (Hessischer Rundfunk). |
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1994 - 1997 |
Reporter for „Offenbach Post”, a daily newspaper in the Frankfurt region. |
PROJECTS (SELECTION):
2019 |
Series of image films for KPMG. Phoenix fair booth (various videos for Atelier Markgraph). |
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2018 |
The life of Johann Christian Senckenberg (Documentaries for the Senckenberg Society). |
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2017 - Present |
Documentary short films for DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung. |
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2014 - Present |
Customer Testimonials for SAP. |
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2012 - 2013 |
Series of documentary short films on „sustainable building” for BASF. Series for the German government on new forms of developmental aid. Image film for the German Mining Museum. Michel Berger (documentary). |
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2009 – 2011 |
50 short portraits of inventors for the European Patent Office
BASF-OASE (Image film). Schneider& Schumacher Architects (Image film). |
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2003 – 2009 |
Collateral News & The Good News Flower Hour (news programs for an internet platform). Explanatory videos for the University of Pennsylvania. Sister Rose's Passion (Oscar nominated documentary). The Diary of Imaculée (documentary). |
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2002 |
Scientific documentaries for German TV (SAT-1 Galileo). |
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1998 – 2001 |
Documentaries for HR television. History of Deutsche Bank (documentary). Alfred Herrhausen (documentary). |
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