Michael Eibl, born in Munich in 2006, has been interested in film and media for as long as he can remember – and in how stories are created. Growing up with Die Sendung mit der Maus and Willi wills wissen, he began making his own short films while still in primary school. Together with a friend, he wrote short stories, filmed them, edited them on an old Windows XP laptop and sold the DVDs to his classmates.
Today, he studies film production at the SAE Institute in Munich, works as a director of photography and develops his own documentary projects. From Windows Movie Maker to Premiere Pro to DaVinci Resolve and professional Sony and Arri cameras – a lot has changed technically, but for him, the same things still matter today: real people, real emotions.
Since he was twelve, he has been working on his passion project, ‘30 Kilo Heimat’ – a documentary film about his grandmother and her story of displacement. The film is representative of his style: close to people, driven by empathy and the desire to make memories tangible.
As a director and cinematographer, Michael wants to make films that give hope and connect people – stories of reconciliation that leave a lasting impression. His strength lies in documentary storytelling: building relationships, creating trust and turning real encounters into moving films.