Fred Funk studied visual communication at the weißensee kunsthochschule berlin. Since 2010 he’s working as a director and art-director at many music video and commercial sets. 2014 he started his design studio aufsiemitgebrüll together with Karin Steger and Benn Zorn.
Georg Meyer is an experienced director of photography. He studied cinematography at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and Media Technology at the University of Applied Science Mittweida. During the last 7 years he gained his skill set through photographing numerous music videos, commercials, short films and documentaries.
Max König is a photographer deeply rooted in the music industry. He’s working for numerous labels and magazines and gained a lot of experience in concepting and setting up musicians Youtube-channels. He joined the SCHMUTZ-Team in 2016 as a co-director, photographer and editor.
Benn Zorn studied visual communication at the weißensee kunsthochschule berlin. He started his career with designing for the Berlin club scene and is still creating custom fonts and letterings for many artists. Together with Fred Funk he’s a co-founder of aufsiemitgebrüll.
THE SCHMUTZ is a Berlin based video production, direction and graphic design collective focussed on pop culture. The collective is composed of director Fred Funk, photographer Maximilian König, D.O.P. Georg Meyer, art director Benn Zorn and a big affiliat