Leopold Helbich Frey

Director, Producer, 3D Animator, Actor

Leopold Helbich Frey is a filmmaker, writer and storyteller working in fictional and documentary cinema, as well as theater and new media. They were born in Vienna and grew up in Austria, Mexico and Germany. After graduating from the Rainer-Werner-Fassbinder-FOS, they studied Theater, Art & Media, Cultural Studies, Modern European Philosophy and Film Directing in Zurich, London and Geneva. They are interested in stories that raise existential questions related to the Anthropocene, new technologies and AI, global inequality and social justice. Leopold lives in Germany and Switzerland and is currently developing his first feature film.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2023
The Scent of Burning Time by Leopold Helbich Frey
2022
DAENA by Leopold Helbich Frey

Actor

2025
Overture by Saleh Kashefi

Producer

2025
Overture by Saleh Kashefi
2025
Wolfgang by Saleh Kashefi

3D Animator

2022
DAENA by Leopold Helbich Frey
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