Team

Maarten J.N.W Sündermann

MAARTEN J.N.W. SÜNDERMANN is an award-winning director, writer, and creator working across entertainment and fashion, Sündermann has collaborated with some of the world’s most influential cultural figures, including A$AP Rocky, Ewan McGregor, Lady Gaga, Tilda Swinton, Paul McCartney, Sigur Rós, and Sylvester Stallone. Across his career, his creative of work has earned 68+ international awards and honors, including Gold at Cannes Lions (twice), DGA, D&AD, AICP New York, Ciclope Berlin, Effies, and Clios—recognition that reflects a long-term commitment to craft. 

Sündermann cites Andrei Tarkovsky, Robert Eggers, Ari Aster and The Daniels as guiding heroes of his cinematic compass, inspired by Tarkovsky’s sensibility, Eggers’ immersive world-building, Aster’s quiet, escalating tension and The Daniels for creativity. His film career began in New York, by a Masters in Film Direction at the New York Film Academy, granted by the financier behind movies like The Revenant, Dunkirk, Avatar. Followed by working for the Coppola family (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now) at American Zoetrope, a cinematic foundation that continues to influence his work today. That grounding in traditional filmmaking now converges with advanced next gen workflows, positioning Sündermann among the leading innovation driven creators.

Elijah Allen-Blitz

ELIJAH ALLAN-BLITZ is an Emmy award-winning director. He was the first VR director for Time Magazine with an experience about the Holocaust created as a companion piece for the Ken Burns documentary Defyning the Nazis: The Sharps' War. He has since partnered with Van Jones to create The Messy Truth VR Experience: a virtual reality series starring Marvel actors.  The piece is designed as a curriculum for the development of empathy. Most recently, he directed the first sort AR film for Disney+, called Remembering. Elijah has also directed VR experiences for Aloe Blacc, PBS, Laird Hamilton, HBO and Michael Pollan.