Chris Schwarz is a German director for commercials, music videos & documentaries. Starting out as a filmmaker & photographer in the Berlin world of commercials & music festivals.

Our Shortfilm "Weil Ihr Nur Eure Hunde Liebt" directed by Chehad Abdallah won the award for Best Drama at the "Contest of Rome International Movie Awards" in July 2023 and the award for Best Short Film at the "Mannheim Arts and Film Festival".

We are very happy, that we participated in the "AG Green" of the "Werbefilmproduzenten" since last year. Very recently, the newly set up"Green Production" section was launched on the website Werbefilmproduzenten with lots of info, green downloads and links. Here is an excerpt from the current release text: "The conventional production of advertising film productions causes very high greenhouse gas emissions and resource consumption. It contributes more to climate change than many in this industry realize. A relevant part of these CO2 emissions can be avoided by switching to a more environmentally friendly and resource-conserving production method.

For its 25th anniversary we had the honour to document the famous music festival “Splash!” for a documentary by german TV broadcaster ARD and MDR. Shooting the festival itself was already a blast, but since the film will go even deeper we´re looking forward to shoot some other scenes for it this year. The project is expected to be released in 2024.

After 14 years Peter Fox surprisingly celebrates his comeback with the album "Love Songs". We are very happy, that we produced all his music videos in 2023. It started with "Vergessen wie", shot in Italy, with Director and DoP Arkadiy Kreslov, followed by "Weiße Fahnen", which we produced on the "Radarstation Teufelsberg" in Berlin. Then we shot three days for the most elaborate music video "Ein Auge blau" in Berlin and Brandenburg, a "hymn to life with all its facets and pitfalls".

Our shortfilm "The Art of Authenticity" directed by Carlo Oppermann won several awards! Together with director Carlo Oppermann we made this film about Berlin's garbage culture that can't be overlooked. A journey through the ups and downs of our protagonist, who makes Berlin the coolest metropolis in Germany on behalf of the "Authority for Urban Authenticity".

Behind the Scenes with different sets of 180° Grip Rigs on set of our Grippostad commercial 2022 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. We shot two days, with the support of Service Production "Hund" and director Job van As from Amsterdam. See here the video which shows the BTS creation of the shots and the final results.

2022 we were one of the key speakers at Forward Festival Berlin. Besides that we did an interview with Forward Magazine.

We turned 10 years and we celebrated it with you! It's been a wild ride so far and we don't plan to stop: Countless movies, music videos, commercials, legendary parties, a sticker flood from Berlin to Bangkok and many adventures are just the beginning.

2022, the German Advertising Film Academy has launched a prize for sustainable advertising film productions: "The Giraffe. This prize is intended to provide a further incentive for resource-saving production methods as well as to introduce the topic to a broader public. We are proud to have won the first Giraffe with EASYdoesit for the production of the "Mercedes Benz x Heron Preston - 40 Years Airbag" spot!