Making thoughts visible

Mythoptics is my personal space for exploring new media, AI, and storytelling.
After 30 years in film, I’m diving into this new era with curiosity and creative hunger.
I don’t know yet where it leads – but I’ve dreamed of this shi(f)t for a long time.
Non-commercial for now, open to ideas, questions, and unexpected directions.

A New Era

"Something wonderful is going to happen." - HAL9000

There’s uncertainty – even fear – about what’s coming. I get that. But for me, these tools are also a long-awaited possibility.

So instead of resisting, I’m exploring – openly, curiously, and grounded in where I’ve come from. Mythoptics is my way of finding out what this future could be – not alone, but in dialogue.

...The reels are spinning...

TV & Film Editing

From Pong to Movie Trailers
My journey began with early '80s home computers: Atari 2600, C64, Amiga, PC. When analog met pixels, I taught myself video editing – and eventually mastered Avid, the first true offline editing system.
Years of cutting commercials, TV segments and series eventually led me to create trailers for major international film studios – collaborating with some of the industry’s most renowned creatives. 
Today, I combine decades of experience with the tools of tomorrow. I continue to offer professional editing services – yet my focus has expanded: exploring new narrative forms through both traditional workflows and AI-driven creation. Editing, to me, remains: rhythm, emotion, goosebumps. Chasing that feeling since the '80s.

Prompt Engineering

Prompting is not programming.
In this context, it's cinematic thinking.
The approach is shaped by years in film,  Rhythm, light, composition, emotion. Tools like Sora, DALL·E, ChatGPT, Runway, Midjourney or Leonardo are part of the process – but the tone comes from somewhere else. Prompting here means to me: crafting scenes that feel lived in. Content that breathes.
 

Gallery

This site is freshly launched. I've got a wealth of footage and frames awaiting your eyes. Plenty of videos are waiting in the wings — including recent gems conjured with the ever-temperamental Sora bull. Moving images remain the true frontier, and I’ll be sharing more soon. Give me a moment to organize the chaos...

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