Department of Christian Journalism, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Honorary Professor for Applied Theology/Christian Public Science, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen
Since 2002, Lecturer for Religion and Film at Erlangen
Published and co-edited various books and articles on Theology and Film
Ordained Pastor of The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Bavaria
Post-graduate study in Film Criticism at the HFF München
Ph.D on Church, Film and Festivals: Protestant and International FilmJury Work 1948-1988 (Studien zur Christlichen Publizistik Bd. 11), 2005
President of the International Protestant Film Organisation INTERFILM