Frank Scheffer (born 1956 in

Venlo Venlo () is a city and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg, about 50 km east of the city of Eindhoven, 65 km north east of the provincial capital Maastricht, a ...

) is a Dutch cinematographer and producer of

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, mostly known for his work ''Conducting Mahler'' (1996) on the 1995 Mahler Festival in Amsterdam with

Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony ...

, Riccardo Chailly,

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and Simon Rattle.

Education

Scheffer was schooled at the Academy for Industrial Design ( Eindhoven), the " Vrije Academie" Art College in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

, where he studied with the famous experimental filmmake
Frans Zwartjes
and is a graduate from the Dutch Film Academy in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

Early films

Early films include ''

Zoetrope A zoetrope is one of several pre-film animation devices that produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion. It was basically a cylindrical variation of the phénak ...

People'' (1982), a documentary on Francis Ford Coppola and his studio with Wim Wenders,

Tom Waits Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...

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and others, as well as documentaries on the

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and various socio/cultural subjects. In 1985 he directed the music video A Day for the band XYMOX on the

4AD Records 4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name "Axis" (after the Hendrix album) by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records. The name was changed to 4AD af ...

label, leading him towards musical subjects. 1987 saw his short experimental films ''Wagner‘s Ring'', a distillation of The Ring in 3'50" conceived with John Cage; and ''Stoperas 1/2'' which was created to be shown with Cage's Europeras 1 & 2. Collaborations with Cage continued with the conceptual film ''Chessfilmnoise'' (1988), a documentary on Cage and

Elliott Carter Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra- ...

''Time Is Music'' (1988), and ''From Zero (1995)'' in collaboration with Andrew Culver.

The great composers

Scheffer’s films on music constitute an overview of the great composers of the 20th century — from ''Conducting Mahler'' (1996) on the 1995 Mahler Festival in Amsterdam with

, Riccardo Chailly,

and Simon Rattle to ''Five Orchestral Pieces'' (1994) on

Arnold Schönberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

's work conducted by Michael Gielen and ''The Final Chorale'' (1990) on Igor Stravinsky's '' Symphonies of Wind Instruments'' conducted by

Reinbert de Leeuw Reinbert de Leeuw (8 September 1938 – 14 February 2020) was a Dutch conductor, pianist and composer. Life Lambertus Reinier de Leeuw's mother and father were both psychiatrists: Cornelis Homme 'Kees' de Leeuw (1905-1953) and Adriana Judina ...

. Further documentaries include films on

Louis Andriessen Louis Joseph Andriessen (; 6 June 1939 – 1 July 2021) was a Dutch composer, pianist and academic teacher. Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition. Although ...

(''The Road'', 1997, conducted by

Péter Eötvös Péter Eötvös ( hu, Eötvös Péter, ; born 2 January 1944) is a Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher. Eötvös was born in Székelyudvarhely, Transylvania, then part of Hungary, now Romania. He studied composition in Budapest and Colog ...

Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled '' Sequenza''), and for his pioneering work ...

(''Voyage to Cythera'' from 1999 on his

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conducted by the composer), Pierre Boulez (''Eclat'', 1993), and (''Helikopter String Quartet'', 1996) with

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and the Arditti Quartet.

Contemporary composers and experimental projects

The history of Electronic Music, from Stockhausen to

DJ Spooky Paul Dennis Miller (born September 6, 1970), known professionally as DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, is an American electronic and experimental hip hop musician whose work is often called by critics "illbient" or "trip hop". He is a turntabli ...

and

Squarepusher Tom Jenkinson (born 17 January 1975), known professionally as Squarepusher, is an English electronic musician, record producer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. His music spans several genres including drum and bass, IDM, acid house, ac ...

, was the subject of

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film in (1998). This was followed by three experimental projects searching for the influence of the digital medium in film and music: ''Sonic Images'' (1998), ''Sonic Fragments / The Poetics of Digital Fragmentation'' (1999) and ''Sonic Genetics'' (2000). In 1999 Scheffer made ''Music for Airports'', a video on Brian Eno's music of the same name as arranged by Bang on a Can founders

Julia Wolfe Julia Wolfe (born December 18, 1958) is an American composer and professor of music at New York University. According to ''The Wall Street Journal'', Wolfe's music has "long inhabited a terrain of its own, a place where classical forms are re ...

, Michael Gordon, David Lang and

Evan Ziporyn Evan Ziporyn (b. Chicago, Illinois, December 14, 1959) is an American composer of post-minimalist music with a cross-cultural orientation, drawing equally from classical music, avant-garde, various world music traditions, and jazz. Ziporyn h ...

. The sprawling ''In the Ocean'' (2001), on present day New York composers, features Steve Reich, Philip Glass,

, John Cage, Brian Eno and the Bang on a Can founders. Scheffer is also working on several in depth films on specific composers — ''The Present Day Composer Refuses to Die'' on Frank Zappa, in cooperation with the Zappa Family Trust (2000, featuring

The Mothers of Invention The Mothers of Invention (also known as The Mothers) was an American rock band from California. Formed in 1964, their work is marked by the use of sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Originally an R&B band ...

, Pierre Boulez and

Ensemble Modern Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries. Hi ...

), and the 90-minute Zappa feature ''Phaze II'', ''The Big Note'' (2002), to be followed by a third film which will complete his Zappa trilogy. Scheffer has been following and filming

for 25 years; this culminated in ''A Labyrinth of Time'' (2005), a portrait on the composer as well as a view of the history of modernism in the 20th century. In 2005 Scheffer also finished a feature-length documentary on the Tea-Opera composed by

Tan Dun Tan Dun (, ; born 18 August 1957) is a Chinese-born American composer and conductor. A leading figure of contemporary classical music, he draws from a variety of Western and Chinese influences, a dichotomy which has shaped much of his life and ...

, with

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in New York. In 2006 a retrospective of his work and a Docu-Concert was exhibited in the

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in New York. A documentary on the Tehran Philharmonic Orchestra and its chief conductor, the Iranian composer Nader Mashayekhi with the title ''To Be And Not To Be'' was premiered at the doku-arts festival June 2009. A feature-length documentary on composer Edgard Varèse with the title ''The One All Alone'' was selected for the 2009

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. In 2010 he finished ''Eastern Voices'' featuring a.o. Syrian musician Ibrahim Keivo and one of the finest voices in the world today the Aserbajanian singer

Alim Qasimov Alim Hamza oghlu Qasimov ( az, Alim Həmzə oğlu Qasımov; born August 14, 1957) is an Azerbaijani musician and one of the foremost mugham singers in Azerbaijan. He was awarded the International Music Council-UNESCO Music Prize in 1999, one of ...

. It won the ''German Record Critics' Award 2011'' (

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) for the DVD in Germany. A feature-length documentary on the Iranian composer Nader Mashayekhi, ''Gozaran / Time Passing''. In 2011 ''Gozaran / Time Passing'' was selected for the international competition of the IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam). To celebrate the 100th birthday of John Cage in 2012, he made an experimental film called ''Ryoanji'' and re-edited the film material shot in 1987 with the title: ''How To Get Out Of The Cage (A year with John Cage)''. It won again the ''German Record Critics' Award 2012'' (

). He is currently shooting a documentary on the Chinese composer

Guo Wenjing Guo Wenjing (born 1 February 1956, in Chongqing) is a Chinese composer and educator. Guo Wenjing is a contemporary Chinese composer. Unlike many Chinese composers who have studied and lived in other countries, he has only studied in Beijing. He ...

and the Sichuan opera. In the future dramatic features based on ''

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'' composed by

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, the parallel lives of Gustav Mahler and

, are planned.

Filmography

As director / director & producer

*''Zoetrope People'' 1982, 60 min. (director): Doc. on o.a. Francis Ford Coppola and his studio with Wim Wenders,

*''Avalokiteshvara'' 1983, 58 min. (director): Doc. on the

of Tibet, co-directed with

Marina Abramović Marina Abramović ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Абрамовић, ; born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, feminist art, the relationship between the performer and audi ...

*''Time Is Music'' 1987, 60 min. (director): Doc. on composers

& John Cage *''The Final Chorale'' 1990, 50 min. (director/producer): Doc. on Symphonies of Wind Instruments composed by Igor Stravinsky, Dutch Wind Ensemble conducted by

*''And the Eareye Seeshears'' 1992, 60 min. (director/producer): Nine experimental films with live-music. *''The Nature of Space'' 1993, 73 min. (director/producer):Feature-length Doc. on two Dutch architects
Dom Hans van der Laan
and Anton Alberts. *''Eclat'' 1993, 54 min. (director/producer): Doc. on 'Éclat' composed by Pierre Boulez, ''het Nieuw Ensemble'' conducted

Ed Spanjaard Eduard Philip Spanjaard (born 22 December 1948), known professionally as Ed Spanjaard, is a Dutch conductor and pianist. Early life Spanjaard was born in 1948 in Haarlem. His father was a psychiatrist and amateur pianist, and his mother a fl ...

. *''Five Orchestral Pieces'' 1994, 55 min. (director/producer): Doc. on 'Fünf Orchesterstücke, opus 16' composed by

. Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by

Michael Gielen Michael Andreas Gielen (20 July 19278 March 2019) was an Austrian conductor and composer known for promoting contemporary music in opera and concert. Principally active in Europe, his performances are characterized by precision and vivacity, aid ...

. *''The Hidden Front'' 1995, 3x50 min. (director/producer): Doc. series in three parts on the resistance in the south of the Netherlands during the WWII *''From Zero, A Group of Films'' 1995, 84 min. (director/producer):Experimental film in 4 parts with co-director Andrew Culver (USA) *''From Zero'', the Documentary 1995, 52 min. (director/producer): Doc. based on 'Fourteen' composed by John Cage, ''Ives Ensemble'' without conductor. *''Helicopter String Quartet'' 1996, 77 min. (director/producer): Feature-length Doc. on 'Helicopter Streichquartett’ composed by

, performed by the Arditti Quartet. *''Conducting Mahler'' 1996, 75 min. (director/producer): Feature-length Doc. about the Mahler-Festival in Amsterdam (1995) with The

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ( nl, Koninklĳk Concertgebouworkest, ) is a Dutch symphony orchestra, based at the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw (concert hall). Considered one of the world's leading orchestras, Queen Beatrix conferred the " ...

, Berlin Symphonic Orchestra,

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Its ...

conducted by

Bernard Haitink Bernard Johan Herman Haitink (; 4 March 1929 – 21 October 2021) was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He was the principal conductor of several international orchestras, beginning with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1961. He moved to Lon ...

, Riccardo Chailly,

and Simon Rattle. *''The Road'' 1997, 90 min. (director/producer): Feature-length Doc. on 'Tao' composed by

wit
Tomoko Mukaiyama
(piano/koto) and th
Dutch Radio Chamber Orchestra
conducted by

. *''Sonic Acts'' 1998, 60 min. (director/producer): Doc. on the history of Electronic Music with a.o. Pierre Henry,

, Michel Waisvisz,

Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by , best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada ...

and

. *''Attrazione d'amore'' 1998, 55 min. (director/producer): Doc. on chief-conductor Riccardo Chailly of the

. *''Voyage to Cythera'' 1999, 52 min. (director/producer): Doc. on 'Sinfonia' composed by

The Swingle Singers with the

conducted by

. *''Epoxy''1999, 50 min. (director/producer): Experimental interdisciplinary live-video project with choreographe
Krisztina de Châtel
composer Thom Willems and th
Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
*''Music for Airports'' 1999, 48 min. (director/producer): Experimental 'Ambient' video on 'Music for Airports' composed by Brian Eno and arranged by

, Michael Gordon, David Lang and

, performed b
The Bang On A Can All-Stars
*''Frank Zappa: The Present Day Composer Refuses To Die'' 2000, 55 min. (director/producer): Doc. on the American composer Frank Zappa and members of 'The Mothers of Invention’ with a.o. Pierre Boulez and the Ensemble Modern conducted by

. *''In the Ocean'' 2001, 54 min. (director/producer): Doc. on the 'present-day' composers in New York,

, Michael Gordon and David Lang who founded 'Bang on a Can' and their influences, with Steve Reich, Philip Glass,

, John Cage, Frank Zappa and Brian Eno. *''Frank Zappa – Phase Ii, The Big Note'' 2002, 90 min (director/producer): Doc. on the American composer Frank Zappa. *''Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen'' 2004, 55 min. (director/producer): The third and final documentary of the Mahler-trilogy, with Riccardo Chailly and the

. *''A Labyrinth of Time'' 2004, 94 min. (director/producer): Feature-length documentary on the greatest living composer:

. nd a view of the importance of modernism in the 20th century by Elliot Carter. *''Tea'' 2005, 96 min. (director/producer): A feature-length documentary about the new opera ‘Tea’ of the Chinese composer

and the wisdom of the tea-mind, with Xu Ying and

Pierre Audi Pierre Audi (born 1957 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a French-Lebanese theatre director and artistic director. Early life Audi is the son of the Lebanese banker Raymond Audi and Andrée Michel Fattal, the eldest of three children.Frank Zappa. *''Max Beckmann: Transit Amsterdam'', 2007 54min (directed by: Frank Scheffer, Rudolf Evenhuis and Jaap Guldenmond): Doc. about the famous German painter

Max Beckmann Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement. In the 1920s ...

. *''Edgard Varese: Een Visionair in Muziek'' 2008, 54 min. (director/producer): Doc. on the French/American composer Edgard Varèse. The film shows his life as a visionary genius fighting for the future of music. *''To Be and Not To Be, The Tehran Philharmonic Orchestra'', 2009, 55 min. (director): Doc. about the young musicians of the Tehran Philharmonic Orchestra and it's chiefconductor, the Iranian composer Nader Mashayehki *''The One All Alone'', 2009, 90 min. (director/producer): Feature-length Doc. on the French/American composer Edgard Varèse. The film shows his life as a genius in sound and a visionary for the future of music. *''Eastern Voices'', 2010, 50 min. (director/producer; co-director Gunther Wallbrecht): Doc. o
The Morgenland Festival in Osnabrueck
Germany featuring Alim Qusimov, Fargana, Ibrahim Kevo, Salar Aghili and the Morgenland Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nader Mashayekhi *''Tiger Eyes'', 2011, 55 min. (director): Doc. Jubilee film celebrating Forty years International Film Festival Rotterdam, with Wim Wenders, Raul Ruiz,

Michael Haneke Michael Haneke (; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, G ...

Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...

Abderrahmane Sissako Abderrahmane Sissako (born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer. His film '' Waiting for Happiness'' (''Heremakono'') was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, wi ...

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system ...

, Jim Jarmusch. *''Gozaran/ Time Passing'', 2011, 90 min. (director): Feature-length Doc. about the young musicians of the Teheran Philharmonic Orchestra and it's chiefconductor, the Iranian composer Nader Mashayehki. *''Hypnagogia'', 2011, 12min. (director): Dance film with the Iraqi choreographer Muhanad Rasjeed *''Ryoanji'', 2011, 60min (director, producer): Experimental film based on the Japanese zen garden in Kyoto. With the composition Ryoanji composed by John Cage *''How To Get Out of the Cage'' (A year with John Cage), 2012, 56min. (director, producer): Doc. on John Cage celebrating his 100th birthday in the form of a re-edit of partially unused film material shot in 1987. *''Imagine Utopia'', 2012, 55min (director, producer): Doc. on the ATLAS ACADEMY. In August 2012 some of the best traditional musicians from the Middle East, India, China and Japan gathered in Amsterdam to play together and exchange their cultural heritage.

As producer

*''Chessfilmnoise'' 1988 24min. 35mm: Experimental film and the first film directed by American composer John Cage *''Senses Are the Feet of the Soul'' 1994 for NPS Television, 70min: Doc. on poet/writer Dick Hillenius, directed b
Brigit Hillenius
*''Hexagon'' 1995, 75min: 6 short experimental films based on the relation between a composer and a filmmaker, directed a.o by Theo Verbey/Alejandro Agresti, Willem Breuker/Johan van der Keuken, Otto Ketting/Eric van Zuylen, Theo Loevendie/Jelle Nesna, Richard Rijnvos/Frank Zweers, Diderik Wagenaar/Frank Scheffer, etc. *''Memory of the Unknown'' 1996, 75min: Feature film directed b
Nathalie Alonso Casale
*''Detail Unwound'' 1997, 55min: Doc. on the Dutch composer Thom Willems and the American choreographer William Forsythe, directed b
Ramon Gieling
*''Andres Serrano: A History of Sex'' 1997, 55 min: Doc. on contemporary artist and photographer Andres Serrano, directed b
Marten Rabarts
an
Brigit Hillenius
*''The Future Is in an Hour'' 1997, 95 min: Doc. on the music and culture of gypsies in Sevilla (Spain), directed b
Ramon Gieling
*''To Sang Fotostudi''O 1998, 30 min: Doc. on the Chinese photographer To Sang and his multi-cultural neighborhood in Amsterdam, Fotostudio', directed b
Johan van der Keuken
*''Living with Your Eyes 1998'', 55 min: Doc. on the filmmake
Johan van der Keuken
who is creating 'To Sang Fotostudio', directed b
Ramon Gieling
*''Sonic Images'' 1998, 70 min: 6 short experimental video's based on the relation between an electronic composer and a digital filmmaker: Floris Boddendijk Joost Rekeld, DJ Spooky / Rob Schroder, Squarepusher / Alexander Oey, Merzbow / Ian Kerkhof, Michel Waisvisz / Frank Scheffer, Karlheinz Stockhausen / Frank Scheffer. *''Sonic Fragments the Poetics of Digital Fragmentation'' 2000, 80 min: 7 short experimental video's bases on a re-mix of the 'Sonic Images' video-footage, directed by Ian Kerkhof, Miriam Kruishoop, Joost Rekveld, Alexander Oey, Rob Schroder, Micha Klein and Frank Scheffer. *''Sonic Genetics'' 2001, 60 min: 5 short experimental video's based on a re-mix of the 'Sonic Fragments' video-footage, directed b
Dick Tuinder
Gerald van der Kaap, Phillip 'Virus' Reichenheim,

Ian Kerkhof Aryan Kaganof (born 1964 as Ian Kerkhof) is a South African film maker, novelist, poet and fine artist. In 1999 he changed his name to Aryan Kaganof. Partial filmography * 1992: '' Kyodai Makes the Big Time'' (91min, Netherlands), drama featur ...

and Frank Scheffer. *''Where Was I'' 2001, 55 min: Doc. on the American Pop singer and 'Legend' Tim Rose who performed "Hey Joe' before it made Jimi Hendrix famous, directed b
Jacques Laureys
*''Most Things Never Happen'' 2006, 10 min: Short experimental film on a little girl Shelley the Winter who has profound thoughts. Directed by
Dick Tuinder
*''Landscapes Unknown'' 2007, 55 min (prod.) Directed by: Riekje Ziengs an
Melle van Essen
About a.o.the Dutch artist

Jan Hendriks Jan Hendriks (6 December 1928 – 13 December 1991) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films on screen and TV between 1950 and 1985. In 1952 he won the German Film Award as Best Male Newcomer. Between 1977–1985 he co-star ...

, African photographer

Malick Sidibé Malick Sidibé (1935 – 14 April 2016) was a Malian photographer noted for his black-and-white studies of popular culture in the 1960s in Bamako. Sidibé had a long and fruitful career as a photographer in Bamako, Mali, and was a well-known fig ...

and Dutch artist Frans Walon. Premiere at IDFA 2007.

Retrospectives

* 2001

Holland Festival The Holland Festival () is the oldest and largest performing arts festival in the Netherlands. It takes place every June in Amsterdam. It comprises theatre, music, opera and modern dance. In recent years, multimedia, visual arts, film and archit ...

in Amsterdam, Netherlands * 2006 MoMA in New York, United States * 200
Wien Modern Festival
in Vienna, Austria * 2008

Mumbai Film Festival The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) is a public trust that organises the annual international film festival in Mumbai famously known as the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Actor, producer and author Priyanka Chopra Jonas is the Chairperson ...

in Mumbai, India and May Festival in Beijing, China * 201
Flaherty Seminar
Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, United States * 2012 Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Turkey and Soundtrack Cologne, Germany

External links

*
Frank Scheffer at Linkedin
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