Hey I’m Ben, a Filmmaker and Designer from Germany who brings complex ideas to life. My self-taught skills in film improve my multidisciplinary work as a designer and offer a fresh perspective in communication and storytelling.



Selected Work
2026The Aesthetics of NostalgiaVideo, Direction, Editing, Writing
2026The Rise of Online CrueltyVideo, Direction, Editing, Writing
2026The Inevitable Death of ArtVideo, Direction, Editing, Writing
2025The Truth About the Male Loneliness EpidemicVideo, Direction, Editing, Writing
2025The Aesthetics of Fascism TrilogyVideo, Direction, Editing, Writing
2025Do We Cope from Reality?Video, Direction, Editing, Writing
2025Content and the Death of MeaningVideo, Direction, Editing, Writing
2024Beauty is EverythingVideo, Direction, Editing, Writing
2024Aesthetics of the ManosphereVideo, Direction, Editing, Writing
2024Enter the ManosphereVideo, Direction, Editing, Writing
2024Short Films ReelVideo, Direction, Editing, Writing
2024NS Medizin MünchenUser Interface
2024Aesthetics of the ManosphereScientific Work, Editorial
2023TanhāCritical Design, User Interface, Branding
2023IPB-BildungUser Interface
20222100 – Generation H+Speculative Design, User Interface, Exhibition
2021CerebroScientific Work, User Interface, Branding
OngoingPlaygroundGraphic Design
OngoingVarious WorkPhotography
OngoingMovie ReviewsEditorial, Social Media



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The Rise of
Online Cruelty



What happens when platforms driven by spectacle and profit become unstoppable forces?

LANGUAGE    English
LENGTH    42 Min
PUBLICATION   April 2026

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What happens when drama meets real life? Cruelty itself has always been part of the internet. We all know what it is capable of. I want to highlight the scale and industrialization of online cruelty. How it developed from rather isolated, unmonetizable, largely publicly despised cases to normalized industrialization of monetizable cruelty. Ending with, who I think, could be considered one of the main architects responsible for the rising online cruelty, and therefore, the rise of political cruelty worldwide.








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