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Portraits · Introductions · Concepts
Everyone directs their own life.
I make stories visible.
I listen, find the scenes that make up a life or a company, and bring together the people who turn them into a film.
About
Everyone carries a film inside them.
Every life has its own dramaturgy. There are beginnings, turning points and scenes whose meaning you only grasp years later. Anyone who builds a company, holds a family together or follows a dream is directing, often without noticing.
Those are the films that interest me. For around 20 years I have been behind the camera myself, as producer and director. After university I founded IMAGESTORM GmbH in Ludwigsburg with my friend Andreas Link, with the Link family and Andreas’ father Friedrich P. Link as partners. Hundreds of films have been made since, from documentaries to company portraits.
Today I mostly listen. I ask questions and look for the moment that reveals what drives a person. Portraits and documentaries come out of that, and often encounters nobody had thought of before.
“Inspired and guided by love, works come into being for the good of all.”
That sentence has been in the articles of association of JHK GmbH since I founded it in 2020. I love people and their stories, and I am glad for everyone who finds their own way.
Work
What people call me about
Story development
Cinematic portraits
People entrust me with their stories, their own or their company’s. I look at what is in them and develop the material for a filmic portrait, a documentary or a series. For that I draw on contacts with producers and broadcasters and on the network of MFG Baden-Württemberg.
Film production: IMAGESTORM GmbH
See the films
Network
Introductions
I introduce people to each other when I am sure they fit. It concerns property, financing and shareholdings, sometimes a foreign investor looking for a partner in Germany. Where bank financing or private equity is involved, I put people in touch with experienced partners. The professional advice rests with them.
Idea
Concepts & marketing
Large, unusual ideas need someone who thinks brands, people and products together. I develop concepts like these for my clients. That is how the Ischgl Trophy came about, a tennis event with international professionals at the start of the winter season.
Brand
Advisory & workshops
I work with managing directors, marketing teams and founders on your brand: what does it stand for, and which idea will take it further? In a workshop we find the answers together, with your team and the knowledge already inside your company.
Example: brand and strategy workshop for MV Agusta on launching the e-bikes in Europe
Review
Business Cases
I have read, assessed and helped build a great many business models. That helps when a plan needs testing before banks or investors see it.
Beginning
Young entrepreneurs
A good idea needs the right people to get off the ground. I help founders put their plan clearly, and introduce them to those who can move it forward.
Films
Hundreds of films in 20 years
A selection from my work as producer and director. Portrait format for Instagram, landscape for the big screen.
Milestones
Scenes from my work
- ongoing
Material in development
Entrepreneur biographies, company portraits and a story with an international background. I name names only once everyone involved has agreed.
- 2025
Ischgl Trophy
Idea and initial impulse for the tennis event at Tennis Center Ischgl, with internationally known players. Staged by e|motion group.
- 2025
Freestyle Chess Tour
Founded by Jan Hendrik Püttner, with international chess players such as Magnus Carlsen. I am involved in the marketing.
- 2024
Anniversary snack for Europa-Park
Idea and concept for a bag of Pommes Sticks marking 50 years of Europa-Park. Produced with XOX in Hameln, available in the park.
- 2023
Brand and strategy workshop for MV Agusta
Reviewing the business case for launching the e-bikes in Europe.
- 2021
Short film “Bubbles”
Developed together with a young screenwriter.
- 2020
JHK GmbH founded
A company for creative work, introductions and asset management, based in Remseck am Neckar.
- 2016
Miss and Mister Ludwigsburg
Co-initiator of the contest, together with Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung (Ungeheuer + Ulmer). Supported by the model agency Nju-Faces.
- 2015
Nju-Faces model agency
Founded together with Kim Weller and Alexandra Emmerich.
nju-faces.com - 20 years ago
IMAGESTORM GmbH
Founded after university with my friend Andreas Link, with the Link family around Friedrich P. Link as partners. Hundreds of films since then, as producer and director, for companies, brands and people.
Working together
Encounters become projects.
The first conversation is on me. What follows is work, and we talk about what it is worth before it starts.
- The conversationYou talk, I listen. In person if you like.free of charge
- The assessmentI tell you plainly what I see in your story and which route suits it.free of charge
- The developmentResearch, dramaturgy, concept and the right partners.by quotation
- The productionWith IMAGESTORM GmbH or with producers and broadcasters from my network.by quotation
A film for many
If your story can carry a documentary, a series or a feature film, I look for producers, broadcasters and funders to finance the project. My aim is for IMAGESTORM GmbH to come in as well – whether that works depends on the material. In every case the basis is an agreement on the rights to your story.
Your idea needs people
A company, a property project or an idea still short of partners, capital or door-openers: I bring you together with the people who can move it forward. For a successful introduction we agree a commission in advance.
Your brand needs an idea
You want to sharpen your brand or develop something new for it. Then we work on it with your team in a workshop. The first conversation is free of charge; the workshop has a fixed day rate that you know in advance.
Tell me your story.
It starts with a conversation. Write to me.