Jakob Gengenbach-Fink

Hello, my name is Jakob Gengenbach-Fink, I am a video producer and live in Frankfurt am Main. My creative career began with music – first I studied to become a teacher for music at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt, majoring in drums, before I turned more towards film at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. At the Institute for Music and Media there, I developed my passion for moving images and a deep understanding of audiovisual communication. In 2015, I spent a year studying Comunicación Audiovisual at the Universitat de Barcelona.

Since 2018, I have been a freelance video producer, focusing my work on the production of image films for organizations and institutions, short documentaries, and creative, artistic video works together with artists. My films move at the intersection of documentary and aesthetics – sometimes raw and immediate, sometimes staged and experimental. I work as a cameraman and editor, develop visual concepts, and tell stories that convey atmosphere and emotion.

I have worked as a sound engineer for WDR, as a producer for Deutsche Welle, and regularly work as an editor for Hessischer Rundfunk and SWR.

I have international filming experience, primarily in West African countries such as Ghana, Togo, Benin, and also in the Czech Republic and Spain.