Philipp Lippert
Filmmaker & Journalist
Even as a child, it was clear that I would do something with media at some point. As a six-year-old, I made up plays and performed them for my parents and relatives. Later, as a teenager, I used the summer holidays to produce fictional short films with friends. With one of the films, we even made it to the finals of the regional German-French youth film competition “Créajeune”. Already back then, I was so enthusiastic about good stories that I started my own village newspaper as a 12-year-old and produced it myself for three years with the help of my father.
So it was almost logical that I started studying journalism at the Technical University of Dortmund after graduating from high school. At that time, I was fascinated by the medium of radio, which is why I later completed a one-year traineeship at a local radio station. During my semester abroad at the Danish School for Media and Journalism, however, I rediscovered my love for film – and it continues to this day. For my Master’s degree, I left Germany for London to study “Documentary Filmmaking” at Goldsmiths University of London. After an additional year in England, I am now back in Germany for the time being and, after “Short-term Sister”, I am now working towards new projects.
filmography.
May – September 2024
White Trash (WT, comedy)
Idea and story development (writer’s room) under the lead of head author Johannes Boss (“jerks”, “Oh Hell”)
April 2024
My Roots (doc series)
Director & Author (one of four); produced by DRIVE beta GmbH for ARD Mediathek
January 2024
A Day Between Us (short)
Director & Editor
September 2023
Ballero’ per Te (short)
Sound Operator
May 2023
Exploitation in Brazil (video report)
Camera & Author; produced for Y-Kollektiv, funk
January 2022 – May 2023
Fahrschule Forzen (WT, comedy series)
Involvement in the development; supported by the “Film- und
Medienstiftung NRW”
April 2021
Short-term Sister (doc series)
Director & Author; produced by DRIVE beta GmbH for ARD Mediathek
2020
Same People (doc short)
Director of Photography; produced by Saskia Rowlands
2020
What’s in a Name (short)
Assistant Camera
2019
Jordan – Country of Refugees (doc feature)
Director, Editor & Producer; financed by crowdfunding; published on Amazon Prime & screened in several cinemas in Germany
awards.
2022
“Top 30 under 30” of upcoming media talents
listed by the German media magazine “Medium Magazin”
2022
Axel Springer prize for young journalism
nominated with “Short-term Sister”
2021
“Best Editing” & “Best Writing”
winner at the “Royal Television Society Student Television Awards”
education.
2022
Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart
certified advanced training as a Green Consultant
2019 – 2020
Goldsmiths University of London
MA Filmmaking (Screen Documentary); graduation with distinction
2017
Danish School of Media and Journalism, Aarhus
Erasmus semester abroad; program: International Video Journalism
October 2014 – July 2018
Technische Universität, Dortmund
BA Journalism (grade: 1.1)
work experience.
June 2024 – present
Euronews, Berlin
TV Journalist
October 2023 – present
Planet Wild, Berlin
Author, Director & Host YouTube Documentaries
April 2023 – present
Religion & Society Editorial Office (WDR), Cologne
Distribution and Cross Promotion Manager
July 2021 – present
WDR, Cologne
Social Media Manager for the brand channels of WDR & (until end of 2022) ARD – Instagram, Facebook & X
August 2022 – October 2022
rbb, Berlin/Potsdam
Host & Social Media Editor; development of a new “funk”-channel (TikTok & YouTube)
September 2020 – July 2021
ZDF Foreign Studio, London
News & Documentary Producer
January 2020 – July 2021
ARD Foreign Studio, London
News & Documentary Producer
April 2018 – September 2019
Euronews, Lyon (France)
TV Journalist
September 2017 – September 2019
Radio Lippewelle, Hamm
Radio Journalist (news, reporter, social media)
September 2017 – September 2019
Radio NRW, Oberhausen
Radio Reporter
September 2016 – August 2017
Radio Lippewelle, Hamm
traineeship as a Radio Journalist
February 2016 – August 2016
Radio 91.2, Dortmund
Radio Reporter
advanced training.
2024
From idea to concept
Seminar; Masterschool Drehbuch
2024
Johannes Boss Storytelling Academy
Workshop; vjllage production company
2024
Guiding Actors for Directors
Workshop, iSFF VHS Berlin
2023 – 2024
Digital Distribution
Lecture Series; WDR
2023
Kino Guarimba Film Residency
International short film training program in Amantea (Italy)
2021
Intro to Production Management
Advanced Training; DV Talent
2020
TV Research
Advanced Training; Bectu
2020
Budgets Explained
Advanced Training; Production Managers Association UK
2020
Intro to Production Coordinator
Advanced Training; Production Managers Association UK
2015 – 2017
Voice and Speech Training
One-to-One Sessions; Jutta Seifert
skills.
Specialist Skills
EDV: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Video: Avid certified user of Media Composer; Basic knowledge in Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve
Photo: Basic knowledge in Adobe Photoshop, Gimp, Affinity Photo
Audio: Adobe Audition, Dabis
Web: WordPress; basic knowledge in HTML, CSS, PHP
Language Skills
German (native language)
English (business fluent, level: C1)
Spanish (beginner, level: A2)
French (beginner)
Driver license
Class B
