Christian Krönes
During his film and directing studies he was able to accompany and work alongside the legendary DOPs, Vittorio Storaro und Sven Nykvist. In 1985 he joined the Austrian Television and directed a variety of TV formats. In 1990, Christian Krönes started his work for major German broadcasting companies as well as setting up a media agency in Vienna. His work as a consultant and freelance producer allowed him to engage with renowned film production companies.
Work on a film project with Sir Peter Ustinov, soon developed into a deep friendship and resulted in years of artistic collaboration for TV and stage productions. Sir Peter Ustinov’s wish for Christian Krönes to work for the Ustinov Foundation was soon accepted and so he became the personal advisor and manager for Sir Peter Ustinov up until his death in 2004. In 2006, Christian Krönes formed Blackbox Film and with over 30 years of experience in the film branch is now active as managing director and producer.

Florian Weigensamer
After his studies of Political Science and Communication Science at the Universtiy of Vienna Florian gained first journalistic and writing experience at Austrian´s foremost news magazine „profil“. 1995 he joins the editorial team of Vienna News International where he directed and designed numerous reports and documentaries for european broadcasters. Later on, together with Christian Krönes, he exclusivley produced and directed political and social reports and documentaries from Mid/Eastern Europe and Asia for arte. At the same time he worked on film and mulitmedia content for Museums and exhibitions. After collaborating with various artist in different media in San Francisco for more than a year he became founding member, author and director of the Blackbox-Collective in 2006.

Olaf S. Mueller
Studies of History and Philosophy at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin. He has been working as a freelance author, director and producer since 1997. During this period he made numerous films for german broadcasters such as Deutsche Welle, MDR and 3SAT. Since 2004 he has been, as a producer, responsible for various TV-shows, but has always continued to work on documentary film projects worldwide. Olaf joined the Blackbox-Collective in 2011 and lives in Berlin.

Roland Schrotthofer
Theater-, Film- and Media Studies, Psychology and Business Managment at the University in Vienna. During his studies he has already developed and worked on several Theater and Film projects. His short film “Grenzgänger” has been decorated by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF with the “Shorts on Screen Award”. As producer and author Roland is a long-term member of the Blackbox- Collective since 2011.