Michael Nitsche       
darwin college
silver street  
cb3 9eu     cambridge  UK
mobile       o7879  883268
email 	       mn236@cam.ac.uk

Curriculum Vitae
Michael Nitsche 
born 24. April 1968 
in Braunschweig
married

Education

2000-	currently PhD student at Cambridge University Moving Image Studio (CUMIS) (AHRB grant), Dept. of Architecture hand-in summer 2003
PhD thesis “Virtual Story Spaces”

1999-2000	MPhil in Architecture and the Moving Image at the Cambridge University
		Moving Image Studio, CUMIS (Sony Scholarship)
1998		MA in Theaterwissenschaft (drama dept.) and Germanistik at the Freie 
Universität Berlin (aggregate mark 1,2)
1987-89	Civil service
1987		Abitur 

Work

2000-	Producer and researcher for the “Haven” research project (CARET/CUMIS; 
HEFCE funding)

2001-2002	Rearcher at Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies 
(CARET) Cambridge
2001 		Screenwriter for “Zanzarah” Computer Game (Funatics, publisher THQ)
2000-2001	Consultant at the “Wayfarer” research project (West Herts, funding by the East of Anglia Development Agency EADA)
1999-2000	Lead designer in the Common Tales research project (National Film and Television School NFTS, CUMIS, and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe SCEE)
1998-1999 	Researcher for Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel in the field of ”TV 
Movies“ 
1994		Main part in Sitcom Pilot “Unser kleines Kaufhaus“ (~35 min TV pilot, 
director Rochus Hahn)
1993		Freelancer at “Radio Feierwerk“ radio station
1991-93	Actor and co-founder of the Theatresports Company “Fast Food Theater“ 
Munich various guest performances (e.g. Saalfeld, Bremen) 
		participated in the German Improv-Championships Dortmund ´93
1989-91	Production manager for a HFF Munich short film
		Continuity “39 Grad im Schatten“ (~ 25 min, director Johannes Kiefer)
several involvements in HFF Films and student productions of the Munich drama department 

Teaching/Presentations

2003	Nov	Presentation at Level Up, Utrecht, NL
		Presentation at the International Conference on Virtual Storytelling ICVS, 
Toulouse, FR 

	April	Presentation at Respond Event, Cambridge, UK 
March	Presentation at Technologies for Interactive Storytelling and Entertainment 
TIDSE, Darmstadt, Germany
	  	Workshop leader “3D Navigable Narrative Space” 
2002	Nov	Presentation of “Haven – The Virtual College” and “Virtual West Cambridge” 
at NMK Synthesising Reality Event at BAFTA, London
June	Presentation of “Haven – The Virtual College” at the International 
Participatory Design Conference PDC Malmoe, Sweden
April	Co-Presentation of the “Wayfarer” project at The Business of e-learning 
EESI Conference, Cambridge
	March	Assistant Tutor at “Interactivity and Narrativity” workshop at CUMIS
	Feb/	Seminar and Workshop Leader “Virtual Worlds” at CUMIS
March
2000	March Co-Tutor at the “Interactivity and Narrativity” Workshop at CUMIS
1997	June	Seminar Leader “Interaktive Medien“ at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste 
Nürnberg (co-lecturer Michaela Ramm)
Sept 	Presentation of “Die Erzählstruktur der ´Freak Show`“ (“Storystructure in ‘The Residents’ Freak Show’“) at Softmoderne Berlin
1993		Various workshops about improvisation and scene-development

Publications

2003		forthcoming: 
“Stories in Space – the Concept of the Story Map” In: International Conference on Virtual Storytelling ICVS Proceedings, November 20-21 2003 TBP
“Stepping back: Players as Active Participators” In: Level Up Proceedings, November 4-6 2003 TBP
“Visiting Casablanca: Performing a Film in a Game” Chapter for: New Technologies/New Visions in Performance (eds. Colin Beardon/ Gavin Carver) TBP October 2003.
with Roudavski, S. / Thomas, M./ Penz, F.: “Narrative Expressive Space” In: ACM SIGGROUP News bulletin.

with Roudavski, S. / Thomas, M./ Penz, F.: “Drama and Context in Real-Time Virtual Environments: Use of Pre-scripted Events as Part of an Interactive Spatial Mediation Framework” In: TIDSE Conference Proceedings 2003 March 2003 pp 296-310.
2002	with Roudavski, S. / Thomas, M./ Penz, F. “Building Cuthbert Hall Virtual College as a dramatically engaging environment” In: Proceedings of PDC 2002, Palo Alto, 2002 pp 386-389. 
2001		“Werte- und Rollensysteme im TV-Spielfilm“ (Value- and role-model-
structures in Made for TV Movies) chapter for: TV Movies: Made in Germany (ed. H.J. Wulff) ULR Kiel, 2000.
2000	“Talespaces - interactive narrative landscapes“ In: SCROOPE Cambridge Architecture Journal. Vol 12, 2000.
1998		“The Colour of Fun“ for Glorianna Davenport’s “Visions and Views“ 
		In: IEEE Multimedia Juli/ September 1998.

Other media publications

2002		“Zanzarah” PC computer game (story/ screenplay); developer Funatics, 
publisher THQ (published in GER, UK, US et al)

2000 	“Once upon a space” Screenplay/ Direction/ Production (17 min film, CUMIS)
“A life in 3D” Screenplay/ Direction/ Production (7 min film, CUMIS)
“Diagnosis“ Development/ Co-Author (~20 min film, DffB Berlin) (director: Eduardo Condorcet) 

Further Education in the field of new media

2001	Sept	“International Conference on Virtual Storytelling” ICVS Conference; Avignon
	April	CODE Conference; Queens College Cambridge
2000	June	“Digital Storytelling” workshop; Computer Graphics Center ZGDV Darmstadt
1999	 	“Emotion and Immersion in the Interactive Experience“; Department of 
Interactive Multimedia at the Designschool Kolding
1998	May	“The Future of Fun“ Maureen Thomas/ Glorianna Davenport in 
Göteborg
June 	“FEMIS - From Film to Multimedia“ MEDIA II in Paris
Nov	“FEMIS - Project Support“ Eric Felix-Faure / Romain Victor-
Pujebet in Paris (MEDIA II)
1997	May/ 	“SAGAs Writing Interactive Fiction“ Jay David Bolter /
Okt	Michael Joyce in München (MEDIA II)

Further Education in the field of screenwriting

1998	June	“Frank Daniel Associates Workshop“ Dave Weber/ David 
Howard/ James Nathan/ Martin Daniel/ Tom Abrahams in Berlin
1996	June	“Screenwriter as Storyteller“ Tom Schlesinger/ Keith 
Cunningham in Cologne
Nov	“Storytelling and Improvisation” Randy Dixon in Munich 
		“Die Kunst des Drehbuchlesens“ Oliver Schütte in Berlin
1995 	April	“Zwei Drehbuchseminare“ Linda Seger in Berlin
         	Nov   	“Treatment Seminar“ Dorothea Neukirchen in Cologne