I am René. In case you’re wondering why there is a picture of little me acting out my own, alternative version of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar on this page, it’s because I’ve been a storyteller (in various shapes and forms) ever since I can remember.

Through Shakespeare and others I came to appreciate early on that a good story, as opposed to the storyteller, never dies. – It lives on through its telling. As a child, I dreamed of becoming someone who keeps those precious, little vessels of human emotion and experience called “stories” alive and shares them with others.

I made that dream come true. Or rather: I’m still making it come true. Every day, I search for the right medium, the right form, the right way of telling a story – big or small, deeply moving or simply informative.

And one thing I know for sure: when I die, some of the stories will not. Why?

Because someone else will wrap a tablecloth around their shoulders and put leaves on their head to tell them.

So feel free to explore this website and discover the many forms my tablecloth has taken so far. But if you prefer to start with the formalities (which do matter, after all) – here you go:

• I am based in Vienna, Austria (Central Europe)

• I work in German and English (currently improving my French and Slovak/Czech, but it will take a little longer until I am ready to share those with the world…)

• I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Film, Theatre and Media Studies

• I studied directing fiction at FAMU, the national film school of the Czech Republic and one of the oldest and most prestigious film schools in the world. 

As for the rest – see for yourself!