TEAM
Manuel Höhne
(Producer/ Director/ Editor)
Born and raised in Berlin and initially trained in sales and marketing, I started working for an international talent agency in 2010. After almost 7 years as a talent agent, I switched to production management via an apprenticeship at the Babelsberg Film Studios. My first film as Production Manager called “Luft” (2019) was nominated for “Best Medium Length Feature Film” at Achtung Berlin and the following feature film “Stand Up! Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places” was awarded “Best Feature Film” in Beverly Hills and “Best Leading Actor”, “Best Leading Actress” and “Best Supporting Actor” in New York and won a total of more than 45 awards worldwide. In 2022, I shot the feature film “Biscuit Tin Blues”, which will premiere in 2025. I have been operating Pro.Act.Pro Services since 2019. (picture: ©Oz John Tekson)
Nathalie Langlois
(Creative Producer/ Producer/ Hair & Make Up)
Nathalie, my partner at Pro.Act.Pro- Services since 2021, is a Berlin-based, trained businesswoman with a Bachelor of Business CCI who has worked in various fields over the years. She has gained experience in the field of photography and as a Make Up Artist she worked on the Fashion Week and other fashion shows. In 2022 we shot the feature film „Biscuit Tin Blues“ together. Since then, Nathalie was involved in some other film projects. She was not only able to prove herself in the field of Make-Up in the above-mentioned projects and several Pro.Act.Pro shoots, but was also an extremely competent support and enrichment in the field of production assistance, budgeting, contracting and especially working on ideas for Showreel- Scenes and her first short in 2025. At the moment she is also training to be an administrative assistant in public service. (picture: ©Oz John Tekson)
Daniel Steiner
(Script Writer)
Daniel Steiner (born 1973 in Rheda-Wiedenbrück) studied Broadcasting, Commercial Directing and Fiction Producing in Leeds, Ludwigsburg and Babelsberg. He lives in Berlin and works as a screenwriter, concept developer, lecturer, filmmaker and above all as a film and TV actor (including “Soko Leipzig”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Der Hundereinjährige”, “Krabat”, “Black Death”, “Wo ist Fred”, “Der Wixxer”). Some of his short stories have won awards and been published in anthologies. He is currently editing a documentary film about his parents’ love story. It’s especially great to have Daniel on the team, as I already know him from my time as his talent agent. (picture: ©Meike Kenn)
Matthias Bollwerk
(Script Writer)
Another writer for Pro.Act.Pro- Services is Matthias Bollwerk, with whom I also have already had the pleasure of working as an actor when I was a talent agent. Since 2023, he wrote for me already more than 10 stories for three Showreel- Projects. He‘s also a director and directed the first season of the successful Nickelodeon youth television series “Spotlight” and web series such as “Einstein WG” for the Swiss television channel SRF. Recently the very successful middle length feature film “Der Fall Rigo” (based on the opera Rigoletto) for ARD starring Michael Kessler. (picture: ©Oliver Look)
David Katz
(DOP/ Editor)
Creating impressive images with a wow effect is David’s passion. He has been working as a videographer, DOP and editor in the world of advertising films for 6 years. His training at the film school in Potsdam Babelsberg taught him how to work with the camera early on and since then he has been busy every day planning, shooting and editing exciting film projects in his own production company. He loves to evoke emotions – always with the aim of creating something unique. David has been supporting our team in productions since 2023. He impressed me above all with his already versatile talents and professional work in various areas of film production. (picture: ©Oz John Tekson)
Nuno Martini
(DOP)
Nuno Martini is a director of photography based in Berlin. He shot since 2004 several feature films like “Stand Up! Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places”, “Splinter” (working title), “An Island Named Desire”, “Vita Brevis”, shorts like the awarded “Seven Levels Deep”, “Canção de Embalar”, “A Grande Paródia”, “Calipso” and other documentaries and TV movies. I worked with him two times before. One of the projects was the mentioned feature film “Stand Up! Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places” by Timo Jacobs. To date, Nuno has been nominated 21 times and received 46 awards for his work worldwide. Thanks to his experience and our excellent working relationship, Nuno has been part of the team since the very beginning. (picture: ©set “A Grande Parodia”)
Dennis Noack
(DOP/ Gaffer)
Although I got to know him in 2023 as a very accomplished gaffer in one of my productions, Dennis is actually an American cinematographer who was trained at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. He lived and worked in the film industry Los Angeles for 11 years before moving to Berlin in 2022. He specializes in shooting with film, both 16mm and 35mm, and has several feature films in his portfolio. He is is a trained underwater camera operator as well as a drone operator. He has filmed in nearly a dozen countries around the world and has extensive experience shooting on location and in extreme conditions for both scripted and documentary work. Dennis has been part of the Pro.Act.Pro team since 2023. (picture: ©Dennis Noack)
Jonas Niemann
(1. Assistant Camera/ Cinematographer )
Jonas is a Berlin-based 1. Assistant Camera, Colorist and Cinematographer with film set experience since 2015. So far he worked on several feature films (where I met him on the set of “Stand Up! Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places” in 2019), shortflms, documentaries and music videos. His main goal as a 1. Assistant Camera on set is to optimise workflows for the Director of Photography to get the most out of the shot. His deep knowledge of camera and lens technology and his sense in the art of Focus Pulling expands in his color grading suite where he does visual mastering from shot matching to look-creation for a film or video. Jonas always tries to combine his very accurate and technical style of working with an artistic approach. In every project he sees new challenges and opportunities. I really appreciate and trust on his teamwork especially with Nuno. (picture: ©Jonas Niemann)
Alex Feldman
(Sound Recordist/ Sound Designer)
Alex Feldman is a sound designer and an educator based in Berlin, Germany. He worked in the field of audio production for over a decade. Since 2007 he was involved in a vast amount of projects on a wide spectrum. He says he’s never bored and has never a dull moment. He uses all his energy to evolve and expand tools and ideas. He loves working with creative people and is grateful for every connection he manages to establish professionally and personally with those who help him grow and learn. He loves his work and treats each project as his own creation, getting attached and excited, looking forward to implement the new concepts he acquires over time. He listens!
I first met him during a shooting for Pro.Act.Pro in 2020 where he saved the day because of a short- term rescheduling. (picture: ©Alex Feldman)
Max Bertani
(Sound Recordist)
Max Bertani has been a versatile Sound Designer in Berlin for 25 years. He trained at Radio Bremen as Sound Engineer, DOP and Camera Operator. Whether reportages, documentaries, feature films or student films, Max has worked in many different areas of film, but not only in sound. Max has worked as a DOP, Camera Operator, Data Wrangler/ Digital Loader and also as an actor. I met him during the shooting of the award-winning movie “Stand Up- Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places” by Timo Jacobs. I also had the pleasure of working with him again on the feature film “Biscuit Tin Blues” by Jack Rath. Additionally he travels the world as a photographer for film festivals and has photographed numerous celebrities. (picture: ©Oz John Tekson)
Mario Orías
(Editor/ Colour Grader)
Mario Orias is a Venezuelan-born storyteller based in Berlin, who specializes in film editing. Mario has worked in almost every genre, from fiction to documentary, for theatrical, television and online formats. He exercises his healthy obsession for effective narrative and rhythm in both his editing and writing. His most recent film, “Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint,” recently premiered in Germany and was selected one of the best films of 2020 by the New York Times. I was introduced to him by filmmaker Jack Rath in 2019 (©Mario Orias)
Konstantin Dellos
(Musician/ Composer)
Konstantin Dellos is a Berlin based multi-instrumentalist, music producer and film composer with a unique approach to creating intense, sensorial and immersive sounds. Already as a child Konstantin developed his love for the film art and emotional expression through the fusion of picture and sound. Later on, the discovery of a new creative freedom as an electronic solo artist opened a wide panel of stylistic elements and possibilities. 2013 Konstantin started the electronic music project Lunakid. 2020 the electronic rockband Nugae. As well Konstantin runs his own label Soulpunx. With his wife, actress, Swiss Film Prize winner and director Jessy Moravec, Konstantin worked on several film productions as a composer. Furthermore he teaches Film Music at the Film Swiss School. (picture: ©Jonas Friedrich)
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