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KATHARINA LICHTENBERG
Personal Info
Hi,
my name is Katharina Lichtenberg.
I am the owner & CEO of makingmovieshappen, an austrian based service production & production company operating mainly in Austria, and also throughout Europe.
I took my serious plunge into the film industry in 1999.
I always found and am still finding it very important for myself, to acquire experience in more than one department in the system that makes up a film crew, so I also venture(d) into Art Direction/Production Design & Cam/Stills. Along with this comes of course also a basic idea about lighting, available lights, settings, etc.
Below I categorized & summarized my widespread experience by field.
Online-registers:
www.crew-united.de (curated platform, popular in German-speaking areas)
www.voeap.at (society of production-managers, line-producers & other production-staff in Austria)
www.filmdesigners.at (society of art-directors & production-designers & associated departments in Austria)
www.worldfixer.com (curated, reference-based platform; you will need to sign up to view profiles.)
Work Experience
Film production
1999 - present
Executive Producer/Line Producer: from 2006
Locationscout: from 2001
Service-Provider: from 2006
Troubleshooter: from always
Fixer: from 2000
Started in this field: 1999 (1993)
I have worked in all Formats & Budget-frames, from fully blown big-budget feature to tiny low-budget project.
As mentioned above, I worked my way up through all imaginable positions in production, so I always have an idea, of how much I am asking from a person and what qualifications are needed for which position in my team.
In case you are wondering what a "fixer" is: its the lovely expression for a local person that acts as an intermediate between the foreign production and the local environment.
Event production
2005 - present
Executive Producer/Line Producer: from 2010
Field Producer: from 2005
Service-Provider: from 2006
Locationscout: from 2001
Troubleshooter: from 2007
Started in this field: 1994, with some gaps when filming took over the best part of my time.
I have got experience i a wide range of different sizes and types of events, starting in school with the school-ball, through evening-parties & parties for big beverage brands like Bacardi, Heineken, Jack Daniel's etc.
From Promoter to Producer, i have also worked my way up through the ranks, thus being able to accurately estimate and plan the required resources, timings & costs for various types of events.
Skills
General
Stress-resistant
Loves challenges
Flexible
Leadership qualities
Self-starter personality
Last minute no bar
Languages
German - native speaker
English - C2
French - B2
Hindi - A1
Czech - A1
Italian - guesswork ;-)
Filmproduction
Executive Producer
LIne Producer
Locationscout
Service-Provider
Troubleshooter
Fixer
Can handle all formats:
Feature to TV-Series, Documentaries, Shorts & Image films
Eventproduction
Executive Producer
LIne Producer
Field Producer
Service-Provider
Locationscout
Troubleshooter
Art Department
Production Design (smaller ones)
Locationscout
Visual concept
Art director's Assistant
Prop buyer
Building scale-models
Technical drawings (by hand)
Other Pursuits
Photography (focus on buildings & landscapes)
Visuals: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPd4aw5BxSk4-BreehZbWxwO3SAzqwgAB
DIY Projects
Refurbishing my flat
Crocheting woolen hats (=Hauben)
Sewing dirndls in glacial pace
Strength training
Running
Travelling
Hiking
Skiing
Snowboarding
Art Department
2001 - present
Production Design: from 2001
Locationscout: from 2001
Visual concept: from 2001
Art director's Assistant: from 2003
Prop-buyer: from 2003
Building scale-models: from 1997
Technical drawings: from 1997
Since I changed my field of focus at university from international business & economics to architecture, it was obvious that at some point it would make sense to merge the two fields and work in the art-department.
As so often, things got hold of me, and from my first small production on I developed visual concepts & stages myself. Later, also wanting to learn about the art department in a bigger environment, i started to work as an art director's assistant, which gave me valuable insight into the process of actually building a stage, the crafts included, and the amount of time needed.
Education
Technical University of Vienna, Architecture
2004 - 2007
Completion of the equivalent of a BA in Architecture, & some additional courses towards Civil-Engineer. No formal BA-Degree offered in Austria at that time. (= "1. Abschnitt");
Completion of all Design-Courses required for an MA.
University of Innsbruck, Architecture & International Business and Economics
1996 - 2004
Architecture (from 1997):
Basic courses in Architecture, taking part in various student-competitions which were all won, picking up technical drawing, completion of design-courses 1 - 4
International Business & Economics (from 1996):
Completion of BA-Equivalent in 2 Semesters, focus shifted towards Architecture, but continued to take interesting courses on the side.
Technical University of Prague (CVUT), Architecture
2001 - 2002
Mainly Design-Courses in Architecture and taking advantage of the extensive history of architecture lessons offered.
Parallel Courses in Innsbruck & Imst, partnering with the University of Graz.