Titus Leber PhD.
Curriculum Vitae
2010:
Chair of the international advisory board of PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur and Director of the multimedia project of Borobudur
2009:
“Borobudur- Paths to Enlightenment”- Conceptualization, writing and directing of an interactive exploration of the largest Buddhist Sanctuary of the word in Indonesia by projecting the content of this monument into cyberspace.
2007/08:
Elected Member of the European Cultural Parliament (ECP)
Script and development for two large feature film projects: “Layla and Majnun” and “Parsifal- A Buddhist Tale”.
Launch of the Chinese and Thai versions of “ What Did the Buddha Teach?”
2006:
The commemorative year celebrating Mozart´s 250th birthday officially opened in Salzburg with " Mozart Interactive"
Grand Gala with live orchestra performance of the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra under Royal
Patronage in Bangkok
- "
Once in Sevilla" 1 hour Classical music video in HDTV, based on excepts
from „Carmen“, „Le Nozze de Figaro“ , „Il Barbiere de Sevilla“
-
"Pas de Trois Espagnol"- 10 min. Flamenco Ballet Film
2005:
2004:
"Sangharaja" TV biography of H.H. the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand
2002-2003:
Freelance writer and director: conception, script and pre-production of
the opera film:
Director of the
CD ROM project of the Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Royal Patronage in
Bangkok.
Multiscreen presentation " Mae Fah Luang- A fairy Tale of the 20th Century" for Expo 2000- Hannover
CD-ROM: "Doi Tung"
1997-2000:
Professor for multimedia publishing
at Cologne‘s Academy for Media Arts
Lecture cycles and experimental work on "Dreams in cinema" and the
"Dissociation experiment"
1992-97 :
Paris: Work with the Louvre Museum. Creation of :
Award IAMS for best scientific CD ROM in
1995
Member of the executive board of FEMIS, the French National Film School
Member of personal advisory board for Bill Gates, helping to set up his company „CORBIS“
For the Centro Nacional de Cultura,
Lisboa, creation of the interactive CD-Rom:
„EXPO 2000“ (CD-ROM).
Large scale interactive
multimedia videodisc
projects:
( Mercuriale Award for best Cultural Heritage Disc)
and
Other interactive Installations: "The Austrian Theatre Museum", "Endoscopy Interactive", pilot project for
the " Silkroads of the Sea" for UNESCO
1985-86:
Writer, director in Los Angeles. Artist in residence at "International Synergy" -Think Tank
"The Glass Bead Game Installation"
exhibited at Biennale of Sao Paolo
2 TV productions of music films for Austrian TV (ORF):
and
(in collaboration with NASA)
1983-1984:
Recipient of „Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship“ of the Austrian Society for the Advancement of Science
Screenplays for feature films „ New Age“ and „ Magistra Ludi-The Glass Bead
Game“
Research Fellow at MIT‘s Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS under Otto Piene) in Cambridge.
R&D work setting up the „Image Reactor“, an installation to simulate visual thinking. Work at MIT‘s Medialab
Feature film :
with Mathieu Carrière and Charo Lopez.
Selected by the
Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival 1981
Lecturer at C. G. Jung
Institute in Zürich
1979:
Studies at AFI ( American Film Institute ) in Hollywood. Graduation from Director`s Class
Work for Alexander Salkind ("Superman")
1976-78:
Director of Film Department of Institute for Endoscopy, Düsseldorf.
Numerous award winning
medical documentaries. ( "Hyperhidrosis", " Neue Coelome")
Award winning music films :
Selected by Canne‘s Festival "Semaine de la Critique"
and
"Espigia de Oro" for best short film -Valladolid Int. Film Festival,
"Grand Prix Musique et Image"- Paris,
Colombe d‘Or-Cannes,
Austrian nomination for Oscar Academy Awards)
Austrian National Award for outstanding achievements in the art of Cinema
1975:
PhD. in Science of Theatrical Arts, Art History and Philosophy with a doctoral thesis in mass media communication on
"The Multilayer Method- New Approaches
to Visual Thinking Beyond Verbal Communication"
1969:
Baccalauréat from Lycée
Français de Vienne
Born in Zell am See, Austria, March 2nd