Gundolf S. Freyermuth, Ph. D., is a writer, director and since 2004, Professor of Comparative Media Studies at the ifs international film school, Cologne. He studied Comparative Literature at the Free University Berlin and wrote his Ph. D. thesis on digital aesthetics. Prior to his academic career, Freyermuth worked in the media; inter alia as editor for the monthly TransAtlantik, reporter for the weekly stern, head reporter for Tempo Magazine and for more than a decade as a freelance writer from the US West Coast. He has published three novels, eleven books of non-fiction and appr. 500 papers, essays and feature articles. He also writes movie scripts and directs documentaries. Freyermuth holds dual German-American citizenship and currently lives in Berlin and Cologne, Germany.