Markus Niedermeier

Markus Niedermeier is a producer, writer, and director in Munich, Germany, who frequently works on integrated concepts for TV and the Internet. Markus' production experience ranges from multimedia theater to a major network soap opera, from indie DV to high-end 3D animation. For the German Film Awards, he has supervised the production of videos and graphics for the live show, TV broadcast, and web site. With Munich design collective coma2, he has provided content and consulting for leading web clients. Markus wrote and directed Germany's first commercial Flash web-cartoon, animated by Smashing Ideas, for hugely popular "Diddl-Maus." Another collaboration with Smashing Ideas resulted in a Flash-generated cartoon character for a German TV-show pilot by Schwanstein Entertainment.