Prof. Tilmann Kohlhaase
Short profile
Since 2004 Professor for "Animation and Game-Production" at the Department of Media at the University of Darmstadt.
Lectures and conducts international workshops in the field of 3D computer animation.
His work covers the genres of feature film, documentary, stop-motion, 2D animation, 3D computer animation, games and virtual effects.
The majority of his films and works are aimed at children and are a combination of animation and live action. The projects are created in cooperation with television stations and are presented at numerous festivals in Germany and abroad.
about the person
Organisation of events:
Since 2012, the Global Game Jam has been held annually in cooperation with the Hessian Film and Media Academy (hFMA).
Awards
Professor of the Year 2021 - A competition by Unicum
Hessen Creates Knowledge - Podcast
Episode # 8 - Animation & Game - Between cultural and economic asset, 2019
2018
Kohlhaase, T.: BA "Animation & Game": State study programmes in the field of digital games. Article in book: Studying games - what, how, where? pp. 461 - 474, published by transcript Verlag, 2018.
2011
Kohlhaase, T.: Non-photorealistic animation and rendering creative use of existing software.
Conference paper: International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011.