about
- Name
- Thorsten Hary
- Companies
- zeit:raum Group (Owner & CEO) & TH Holding GmbH (Owner & CEO)
- Profession
- CEO/Filmmaker/TechNerd
What I’m doing
I’m the owner and head creative of zeit:raum Group, encompassing six companies and offering an exceptional one stop shop for cutting edge, integrated marketing and software services at the intersection of art and technology.
With work experience in the US and Germany, my work has spanned everything from working for J.J. Abrams on Hollywood blockbusters at Bad Robot in LA to directing over 1,000 national & international TV ads. When it comes to film, storytelling, CGI and advertising - I have truly seen it all and can therefore lead and advise with great confidence. Highly interested in culture as well as tech, I am always in touch with visual trends and the latest technological breakthroughs.
As a co-founder of hololux GmbH (now zeit:raum XR), I’m a metaverse OG and have been immersed in spatial computing and realtime content creation since 2016. I am also head of serviceavatar.ai, an AI software venture.
I am advising the government on the needs of the creative industry as member of the „Mittelstandsausschuss“, was awarded the honour of being a „Kultur- und Kreativpilot Deutschlands“ as well as winning multitudes of creative competitions like the German Design Award, German Brand Award, IF Design Award or Red Dot Design Award and the German Innovation Award.
As a father of two, I never work on weekends.
zeit:raum Group
- zeit:raum film GmbHCommercial Production Company, CGI & Post Production
- zeit:raum studios GmbHFeature Films, TV-Series & Streaming Content
- zeit:raum digital GmbHCreative Digital Agency
- zeit:raum development GmbHSoftware Development Company
- zeit:raum performance GmbHPerformance Marketing Agency
- zeit:raum spatial (formerly hololux GmbH)Metaverse / Spatial Computing
- zeit:raum aiAI Software Development (Product: www.serviceavatar.ai)
How I got here
Created pixel-art in DPaint on the Amiga way back in the day. Founded Internet startup while studying Informationswissenschaften at the University of Saarland, became interested in 3D graphics with work subsequently featured in numerous publications as well as Maxon Cinema4D marketing materials. Worked as freelancer at various agencies. Founding member of med4you interactive division in 2001, moved on to build and lead the Haus & Gross TV/Motion Division in creating and directing over 150 national and international commercials as well as award-winning music videos and virals (Crew United Profile). Worked for J.J. Abrams at Bad Robot (IMDB-Profile). Advising the government on the needs of the creative industry after being appointed to the "Mittelstandsausschuss". Founder and CEO of bildpiloten - Agentur für Film GmbH (now called zeit:raum film GmbH).
Awards & Honors
- 4x German Brand Award Winner inkl. „Brand Of The Year“
- German Innovation Award Winner
- 2x ADC Talent Award, 2x Goldener Nagel
- Staatspreis für Design, Anerkennung
- 2x German Design Award Winner
- Marketing Club Award Winner
- 2x German Design Award Special
- 2x Staatspreis für Design Winner
- 2x German Brand Award Winner
- IF Design Award Winner
- Red Dot Communication Design Award Winner
- 2x German Design Award Winner & Special
- IF Design Award Winner
- Fibo Innovation Award
- 3x Staatspreis für Design Winner
- 3x Staatspreis für Design Winner
- German Design Award 2016 Nominee
- 2x German Design Award Nominee
- Kreativsonar 2015 Gewinner
- Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Nominee
- 2x Saarländischer Staatspreis für Design
- Oscar Nomination Best VFX "Star Trek Into Darkness"
- Bandsalat Music Video Award & Public Choice Award
- 2x Staatspreis für Design Winner
- MAXON Cineversity Award
And also
Tea
Earl Grey, hot.
Been there, done that
Screendesign, Usability Engineering, HTML/CSS/Flash, CI, Illustration, Print-Design, CGI/3D Graphics, music sequencing, Editing, VFX, Compositing, Writing, Photography, Directing, Robot at Bad Robot, Founder, Investor, Head Geek,...
I enjoy
Painting, playing guitar, cooking, anamorphic lenses, good food, great wine and single malt whiskey.
Things of timeless beauty
Falling Water, Le Corbusier, Sunflower iMac, Barcelona, Helvetica, Fender Stratocaster,...
I live by this
"How do you eat a whale? One bite at a time. How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You shoot it one day at a time,"
"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."