Markus Fischmann
Markus Fischmann (born January 28, 1971 in Neustadt an der Aisch ) is director for animation, producer and director of the institute for digital media. As the youngest professor in Germany at the time, he was appointed to the Hanover University of Applied Sciences in 2000 and has been teaching there since then in the "Media Design Animation and VFX" course.
Life
From 1992 Markus Fischmann studied communication design with a focus on "animation" at the Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg. In 1996 he graduated with the 3D short film "Frank freaks out". This film was awarded an Animago Prize . During his studies he worked as a trainer at "Softimage / Microsoft". He gained his first experience as a 3D animator and 3D art director in film and advertising productions.
He worked as animation director (director for animation) and "Head of 3D" (head of 3-D production) in various post-production houses in Hamburg. In 2001 he founded his own production company "digitalfish". During the same period, the University of Applied Sciences in Hanover appointed him as the youngest full professor at the time. In 2002 he was involved in founding the Institute for Digital Media. From 2005 to 2007 he was dean of studies in the design and media department at the University of Hanover.
This was followed by a call to Sydney, which he followed from 2008 to 2010 and headed the master's program in animation at the University of Technology, Sydney . Markus Fischmann has been involved in the media design program at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences since 2010 and became director of the Institute for Digital Media (IDM) in 2012. From 2010 to 2013 he was a visiting professor at the University of Hefei (China) in the field of "3D animation and interactivity".
In 2011 he founded the annual "Motion Cube Festival", in addition to a parallel specialist conference, and in 2015 co-founded the interdisciplinary course media design / computer science together with Faculty 4 (Computer Science) at the University of Hanover.
In 2017 Markus Fischmann was admitted to the Visual Effects Society (VES).
Publications
- "In the realm of animals - forays through art and nature", T. Andratschke and A. Eichler (eds.), Hannover 2012, Wienand-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86832-105-0
- "A Study of Citizen's Participation Art as Autonomous and Decentralized System", 2009, Prof. Atsushi Ito (University of Hiroshima), ..., Prof. M. Fischmann
- “Treasure of the golden table”, 2007, interactive DVD Documentary, (The Museum August Kestner)
- "Whilhelm Buschs Enkel - Comics made in Hanover", Wolf-Dieter Mechler (Red), Hanover 2007 (writings of the Historisches Museum Hanover; 28)
- "Spread - Graffiti and Street art in Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam and Riga" DVD Documentary, 60 min. (The Museum August Kestner)
- Geobiology 2 Joachim Reitner, Mike Reich & Gabriele Schmidt (eds.) "Risen from bits and bytes: a multimedia Plateosaurus and its use in museums", p. 218, Göttingen 2004 (publications on the 74th annual palaeontological conference)
- Geobiology 2 Joachim Reitner, Mike Reich & Gabriele Schmidt (eds.) "The animation film as a modern transfer medium for scientific content in natural history - museums", p. 218, Göttingen 2004 (publications on the 74th annual palaeontological conference)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischmann, Markus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neustadt an der Aisch |