Prof. Sebastian Hirsch

Sebastian Hirsch is a professor for Interactive Media Production and Multimedia Creation at the Campus Chiemgau of TH Rosenheim. He brings extensive expertise in visual effects, motion design, and immersive technologies, with credits on international productions including *Game of Thrones*, *The Avengers*, and *Star Trek Into Darkness*.

Prior to joining TH Rosenheim, he served as Professor for Time-Based Media and 3D Animation at the Media University of Applied Sciences (since 2015), where he founded and led the B.A. Game Design and Interactive Media program and headed the design department. He also held a professorship at Hochschule Macromedia and worked as a Visual Effects Artist and Supervisor at Scanline VFX Munich.

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Expertise & research

- Visual Storytelling & Worldbuilding

- Immersive Technologies (VR/AR/XR)

- Virtual Production

- Real-time Rendering

- 3D Animation

- Visual Effects

- Motion Design

- Photography & Photogrammetry

- Machine Learning & Generative AI

- Creative Coding

Filmography (Visual Effects)

- *Die Geschichte der Menschheit – leicht gekürzt* (2022, dir. Eric Haffner)

- *Cloudy Clouds* (2021, dir. Christian Schäfer)

- *Borgia* (2014, TV series)

- *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013, dir. J.J. Abrams)

- *Looper* (2012, dir. Rian Johnson)

- *Game of Thrones* (2012, TV series)

- *The Avengers* (2012, dir. Joss Whedon)

- *Zettl* (2012, dir. Helmut Dietl)

- *Der Turm* (2012, dir. Christian Schwochow)

- *Hotel Lux* (2011, dir. Leander Haußmann)

- *Männerherzen… und die ganz ganz große Liebe* (2011, dir. Simon Verhoeven)

- *Innocent Saturday* (2011, dir. Aleksandr Mindadze)

- *The Last Airbender* (2010, dir. M. Night Shyamalan)

- *The Ghost Writer* (2010, dir. Roman Polanski)

- *2012* (2009, dir. Roland Emmerich)

- *Wickie und die starken Männer* (2009, dir. Michael Bully Herbig)

- *1½ Ritter – Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde* (2008, dir. Til Schweiger)

- *Die wilden Kerle 5* (2007, dir. Joachim Masannek)

- *(T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1* (2004, dir. Michael Bully Herbig)

Courses

- 3D Design Foundations

- Design & Gestalt

- Audio-Visual Media

- Storytelling

- 3D Animation

- AI in Media Production

- Portfolio Development

- Film und Postproduktion