BEHIND THE SCENES

Agata Welz & Michael Welz

info@edited-by-agata.com

………………………………………..………………based in Germany - available worldwide………………………………………………………

YOU HAVE IN ME:

CREATIVE DIRECTOR. CAMERA OPERATOR. FILM-EDITOR. MUSICIAN. STORYTELLER.  SISTER. DANCER. DISCOVERER. PAINTER. TRAVELLER. DIVER

I was born in Poland and escaped communism with my family when I was ten. Coming to Germany was a big gift in my life. I wondered about this country, where everything was clean, the shops sold more than twenty kinds of different teas and on TV, the people were so happy while they sang „Can't beet the feeling" and drank coca cola. That was a beautiful world. 
 I grew up with this promising world of advertisement, where fantasy did not have limits and I wondered as I watched, "what does is it that creates such an impact on feelings like advertisements do"?

Some years later, by chance, I started my film career in the world of advertisement. Alas, the ins and outs of the industry made me weary very quickly. An advertisement can create astonishing imaginary, but why is that a healthy and balanced process around the production is so often missing? And asked myself, “is it possible to transport deeper change in films, but especially in the area of advertisement”?
 
At that time, illness came into my life and long journey through different phases of self-development began to bring me back to my roots. The healing of my body, my mind and my soul became essential. Would I find the fullness inside myself instead of searching for it outside?
 
Now 13 years later, after many ads, documentaries, short films, vitals, music clips and TV reports, my staging arena expanded. I now find myself a storyteller, who works on developing films from idea till the last cut. I want to take you on a journey to yourself and your world around you, what might you discover, what might you express for the first time through that story? It does not matter how long this story might be and what kind of ingredients it needs  – I love to melt imagery, words and music into that one individual composition, where you are connected to the flow of your journey as much as it becomes your world. Here we are united – here I am blessed, because the people you want to reach with this story are touched and so am I

YOU HAVE IN ME:

CAMERA OPERATOR. COMPOSITING ARTISIT.  COLOUR ARTIST. NERD.  LISTENER. BIKER. DISCOVERER. SUPPORTER. FOTOGRAFER. TRAVELLER

I was really surprised when I tried to remember when film first came into my life. Not in a sense of watching a movie, but rather trying to make one.
It must have been already almost 20 years since I was working on my first film with a friend back then at college.
This first short piece of moving pictures with a deconstructive story, 3D elements and tons of visual effects became a kind of a starting point for my career in the film industry.

Since then I followed a path, which led me finally to the advertisement industry. Up to now, I have been working on high budget commercials to polish and pimp these onto a stage that is far beyond the real world.
After some time, I noticed my life lacking something more substantial than these commercials, that tell and sell illusions and I began to explore new and more authentic territory.

Together with Agata, I discover ways of bringing our own visions to life, handling the complexity of film making on our own.

Now I’m able to live my passion for beauty and imagery, and at the same time take a step closer to what I think really counts in life. I am convinced that balance is one of most important qualities in life. That’s why I want to devote my energy to creating something that is enduring; that remains unchanged. I believe I can facilitate momentum, not for me personally, but for others who believe in passionately in something and also for those who don’t. This is my effort to make the world a bit brighter.