MATTHIAS BACKMANN born 1985 in Düren | 2004 Abitur at Gymnasium am Wirteltor, Düren | 2005-2007 Internships and freelance work in the advertising film sector | 2007-2010 Training as a media designer for image & sound at Sommer & Co, Hürth | 2010-2012 employed media designer at Sommer & Co | 2012-2016 studied Visual Arts at the ifs internationale filmschule köln, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts | 2013 internship at LAVAlabs Moving Images, Düsseldorf | 2014 internship at Troll VFX, Tampere/Finland | 2015 lecturer at the ifs | From 2016 Junior Compositor at LUXX Studios, Stuttgart