Dirk H.

This Tree in Germany Could Bring You Love

Online dating can be a real drag—but don’t despair, fatigued single! In a forest in northern Germany, you’ll find an intriguing IRL alternative to endless swiping. It all started back in 1890, when a forest ranger shunned his daughter’s romance with a chocolate maker’s son. Determined to keep the passion alive, the sneaky lovebirds starting leaving one another letters in a hundreds-year-old tree just outside the forest ranger’s office. All these years later, Der Bräutigamseiche, or “The Bridegroom’s Oak,” still connects hopeful hearts via snail mail.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP

The Smartphone Microscope (Vodafone Sparks)

Thomas Larson invented a lens that turns every smartphone into a standard microscop. Cheap and easy to use it has the potential to revolutionize healthcare world wide.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP

Robert Henke – I really do everything myself

Artist and music pioneer Robert Henke brings the laser light show into the new Millenium. A work visit while Henke is developing his mesmerizing sound and laser project „Lumiere“.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Reporter / Journalist

Simonne Jones: the Science of Music (Freemantle/UFA/eNtR berlin)

Simonne Jones is a rising star, between her adoptive Berlin and her native LA, between pop, rock, and art, and science… Simonne is the kind of person who can do anything and do it with grace; no wonder Peaches took her on as her protégée.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News

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• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP