Jakob Thomsen

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Born in Paris 1977 (parents german / polish),living in Germany since 1978 (in Munich since 1985).Decided to make his first film (a science fiction)when he was ten years old (and realized it with a super 8 camera), but was not satisfied with the result.

Treating school mainly as a necessary nuissanceand beeing occupied with computer-graphics and composing music,he still managed to make two animated short-moviesand participated in other short-films created by friends.

Because the film-business seemed too stressful,he studied informatics to be financially independant(and because it was interesting anyway).

Since finishing studies of computer science in 2004,he works in the computer-game business(to combine his mathematical and artistic interests),as 3d-engine developer, lecturer and games programmer.Along the way he experiments with special effectsand composition of film-music.

Finally beeing able to dedicate himself to his original goal,he resumed making short films (this time with a mini-DV camera)and created "out of coffee" (2007) and "don't be late" (2008).

If there is any time left beside all these activities,it is invested in travelling (as far as New Zealand and Iceland)and training Aikido.