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Josia Brezing
JosiaBrezing
[ One horse on a virtual set, one da Vinci sex machine, a Berlinale screening, a chewing gum ad described as existentially threatening. And a debut feature shooting this summer. ]
Selected Projects / 2018–2026
Project_Archive
Proj_001 // 2021 // 230" // Spec
The Last Smoker
Pre-AIVirtual ProductionComedy
A queer reimagining of the Marlboro Man. Johnny gives up smoking and falls in love with another man. We turned Frankfurt into Manhattan using Virtual Production. We had a live horse on set, an imported US police car, and a Backstreet Boys track. I handled direction, scripting, and financing myself to get it made.
Director: Josia Brezing · Starring: Michael Kehr, David Wurawa · Written by: Adrian Schwarze, Josia Brezing · DoP: Paul Sonntag
↗ HORIZONT·↗ Berlin Commercial 2022
Andy Award Nomination 2022Clio Award Shortlist 2022NY Advertising Festival Finalist 2022Deutscher Werbefilmpreis Nom. Nachwuchs
Proj_002 // 2024 // Series // Brother Deutschland
Brother / Label Like a Pro
Real ProductionMockumentaryViral
Mockumentary series for Brother label printers. People taking label organization way too seriously. Went viral on TikTok.
Director: Josia Brezing · Client: Brother Deutschland
Spotlight Publikums Award Web & Mobile 2025Spotlight Fachjury Students — Silver 2025
Proj_003 // 2024 // Social Spot // Klimawerbung e.V.
Klimapfuscher
Real ProductionSatire
Satirical climate spot shot for Klimawerbung e.V.
Director: Josia Brezing · Production: Montavia Filmproduktion
Spotlight Award — GoldSpotlight Publikums Award Web & Mobile — Gold 2026
Proj_004 // 2024 // TVC // Tony Petersen Film × Saatchi // 11 Countries
MediaMarkt
AI-Hybrid ProductionLED Volume27 AI Environments
Contributed as AI Artist on this project — generating 27 unique futuristic retail environments that were projected onto the LED volume for a one-day Virtual Production shoot. The AI-generated worlds physically interacted with the real set, casting reflections onto products and faces. High-energy rap video contrasting a grey NO-World with a vibrant YO-World. Aired across all 11 MediaMarkt countries.
Role: AI Artist · Director: BODE · AI Artists: Josia Brezing, Timo Sonnenschein · DoP: Timothy Sedgwick · Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi · Production: Tony Petersen Film · Music: German Wahnsinn · Client: MediaMarkt Saturn
↗ LBB Online·↗ Campaign Germany·↗ Leadersnet
Proj_005 // 2026 // Campaign // TP Films
Storck × Schleich
Full AI
AI-driven campaign for Storck's Mini Mates collaboration with Schleich.
Production: TP Films · Director: Josia Brezing · AI-Artist: Timo Sonnenschein & Josia Brezing
Proj_006 // 2026 // Full AI // Zalando SE
Zalando Lounge
Full AIStop-Motion Aesthetic
Full AI video campaign including Black Friday and Grinch Bag stop-motion concepts. End-to-end AI production.
Director: Josia Brezing · Client: Zalando SE
Proj_007 // 2024 // Hybrid // KrollCosmetics
Nø Cosmetics
Hybrid AIAnimation
AI-generated visuals combined with hand-crafted design and illustration.
Direction & AI-Artist: Josia Brezing · Design: Timm Völkner · Edit: Sina Diehl · Sound: Jan Brett
Proj_008 // 2025 // Full AI
Brennenstuhl
Full AI
Full AI commercial. Direction, production, and AI artistry end-to-end.
Direction & AI-Artist: Josia Brezing · Edit: Sina Diehl · AI-Artist: Vincent Eckert · Sound: Manik Möllers
Proj_009 // 2025 // AI Social // G-IN GmbH
Olakala
Full AISocial
AI social content. Vertical format for social platforms.
Direction & AI-Artist: Josia Brezing · Edit: Sina Diehl · Script: Paul Alexander Peschke · Production: NO NOTES
Proj_010 // 2019 // 60" // Commissioned via JvM
Eis.de / Da Vinci's Greatest Work
Pre-AIComedy
First commissioned commercial at age 21. Pitched directly to Jung von Matt (Florentin Hock), who connected him to Eis.de's CEO. Da Vinci builds a sex machine while the Mona Lisa watches. Became their official international campaign.
Director: Josia Brezing · Script: Adrian Schwarze, Josia Brezing · Production: Fahle Film · Client: Eis.de via JvM
↗ HORIZONT·↗ Kurier.at
Porsche Award Nomination 2019
Proj_011 // 2018 // 60" // Spec for Nextbike
Nextbike / The Carfuckers
Pre-AIComedyWirtschaftsfilmpreis
A dark alley that's actually a red-light district. A driver picks up a sex worker who lectures him about his carbon footprint. Nextbike supported it and shared it. "Fahr Fahrrad, du Ficker!"
Director: Josia Brezing · Script: Adrian Schwarze · DoP: Christoph Bockisch · Production Design: Larissa Bonitz · Starring: Wolfram von Stauffenberg, Paul Boche, Raúl Semmler
↗ HORIZONT
Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis 2019Film School Fest München 2020Porn Film Festival Berlin 2020
Proj_012 // 2021 // 45" // Spec licensed by Hella
Hella / Lit. Since 1899
Pre-AIComedy
A standoff between a horse-drawn carriage and a reindeer. Two nights in the Black Forest with fog machines, horses, and real reindeer. Rapper Eunique as the carriage driver. Hella licensed the film for their own campaign.
Director: Josia Brezing · Starring: Eunique
Porsche Award Shortlist 2022
Proj_013 // 2022 // 20' // SWR/ARTE
Just Like Before
Pre-AIFictionSWR/ARTE
Shot over seven freezing February nights near Stuttgart. A handheld, improvised film about growing up and growing apart. Filmed in Aidlingen, Baden-Württemberg.
Director: Josia Brezing · Co-Director: Adrian Schwarze
73. Berlinale — Berlinale Shorts
UpcomingFeature Film / In Production
Glitzerim Gesicht
International Title: LOOSE
Three young men break out of a psychiatric clinic and head south in a stolen car. No plan, just running.
Shooting Summer 2026 · 90 min · German
SWRWDRARTEMFG
Director: Josia BrezingCo-Director: Sina DiehlScreenplay: Adrian Schwarze, Josia Brezing & Sina DiehlCinematography: Moritz MoessingerProduction: Schiwago Film (Marcos Kantis)Production Design: Larissa Bonitz
JB
The_Director
School Dropout,
Filmakademie
Survivor.
Josia Brezing was born in 1997 in Aidlingen, German-Romanian. He worked as a news editor at regional TV before becoming the youngest student admitted to Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, later studying at London Film Academy and the UCLA Hollywood Workshop.
His work casually ignores the boundaries between comedy, documentary, and AI production. A Nextbike spot set in a red-light district won him the Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis, closely followed by a Clio nomination for a queer Marlboro Man reimagining. After his short film screened at the 73rd Berlinale, he recently shifted scales, generating 27 AI environments for a global MediaMarkt campaign.
His debut feature Glitzer im Gesicht shoots summer 2026 with SWR and WDR. He runs NO NOTES, a filmmaker-first AI studio based between Berlin and Ludwigsburg.
“I once directed a spot that was described as ‘existentially threatening.’ It was for a chewing gum brand.”
(Prof. Thomas Schadt)
London Film Academy
UCLA Hollywood Workshop