Matthias Müller, born in Bielefeld, Germany, in 1961. Studied Arts and German Literature at Bielefeld University. Studied Arts at HBK Braunschweig. Master’s degree. Guest Professor at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt / Main. Guest Professor at Dortmund Fachhochschule. Since 2003, Professor in Experimental Film at the Academy of Media Arts, KHM, Cologne. Müller has curated numerous avant-garde film events, such as the Found Footage Film Festival (1996 and '99), the first German festival of autobiographical films, Ich etc. (1998), and various touring programs. He is an artist working in film, video, installation and photography. His films have screened in major film festivals worldwide including the festivals at Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, Locarno, Oberhausen, and Rotterdam. Müller's work has also been featured in several group and solo exhibitions. In 1994, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, dedicated a retrospective to him. In 2006, his work was the subject of the international symposium Matthias Müller – Multimedia Poet at the Boston University. Since 1999, many of his works have been co-directed with Christoph Girardet. Müller's works are held in collections such as, among others, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Nederlands Film Museum, Amsterdam, Australian Centre For The Moving Image, Melbourne, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, the Goetz Collection, Munich, the collection of Isabelle and Jean-Conrad Lemaître, Paris, the Servais Family Collection, Brussels, the Khanna Family Collection, Kutch, and Tate Modern, London.