Marc Schmidt

Film & Research

Netherlands

About

Marc Schmidt, with a background in film theory and practice, is a documentary director. He also freelances as a lecturer in film & narrativity, script coach and editing consultant. In his work, Marc Schmidt is driven by the exploration of the human mind. A recurring theme revolves around the concept of normalcy. His films are characterized by a blend of raw emotional storytelling and philosophical reflections.

Experience

  • External Researcher (PhD) at UMC Utrecht Brain Center
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    Research into the temporal experiences during psychosis. The main question is if these experiences of time are translatable into a narrative. And if this is the case: What narrative structures are at play? UMC Utrecht, department of psychiatry Promotors: Floortje Scheepers & Linde van Schuppen

  • How to dissappear completely at DOXY films
    Dec 2021 - Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos

    A personal film about excess, addiction and the fear of emptiness. Part of a series of documentary films about the 10 commandments, set up by EOdocs, Dutch Public Television

  • If only night wouldn't fall at Basalt Film
    Jan 2020 - Sep 2024 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    A film about mental health, data technology and the possibilities of prevention. In coproduction with Fuglene (No) & Clin d'oeuil (Be).

  • Student Mentor at UCL
    Feb 2017 - Sep 2021 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    Mentoring international graduate students at the Master of Ethnography & Documentary Film at UCL in London, from initial concept to final graduate film.

  • Tutor & Lecturer at the department of Photography, Film & the Digital at St. Joost School of Art & Design
    Mar 2016 - Jul 2021 · 5 yrs 5 mos

    Teaching, mentoring, listening, watching, doing, discussing, showing, developing, failing and trying again