About

Richard Wilhelmer *1983 in Austria lives and works in Berlin and Vienna. University of the Arts – Berlin (Arts & Media), Summerschools Central Saint Martins College in London, Scholarship at the MFA-program of the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles. Various scholarships.

He is creative director and managing director of Beluga Strategic Design GmbH in Berlin, which he co-founded. His daily confrontation with socio-cultural developments, technological change and economic forces result in free works in the visual and performing arts as well as in the film sector.

2006/2011 University of the Arts – Berlin
2009/10 Exchange scholarship at CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) in Los Angeles
2011 Young Talent Scholarship of the Federal Ministry of Arts and Culture in Austria.
2012 Master Student Degree Heinz Emigholz UdK-Berlin.
2014 Drehbuchwerkstatt München/Steiermark Scholarship
2015 Public Funding and Production Cinema Documentary “Irren-Offensive” (Arbeitstitel)