FOUNDER
Maren Wickwire \ Founder and Executive Producer, Creative Director, DOP, Editor,
Maren Wickwire was born in Germany and founded Manifest Media after graduating in 2009. She studied documentary filmmaking at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen and the Holon Institute of Technology in Israel, and holds an M.A. in Visual and Media Anthropology from the Freie Universität in Berlin. With wide-ranging experience in directing, producing and filming documentaries as well as working with multi-vocal video installations, Maren has presented her work at international film festivals, community screenings and exhibitions across the globe. She is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts grant among others.
Close Collaborators
Remo Remoquillo | Graphic Designer, Illustrator
Remo is the creative director who specializes in creating brand systems that can evolve and adjust to the needs of changing markets. And although he naturally approaches a solution systematically, he balances his serious design ethos with his passion for illustration. www.remoremodesign.com
Spencer Remoquillo | Research, Web Design
With her award-winning background in investigative journalism, she can quickly become an expert in any niche industry and voice the right information for our clients’ target audiences. www.remoremodesign.com
Dario Bosio, Documentary Photographer, Cinematographer
Dario Bosio holds a BA in Journalism, a MA in Visual Anthropology and specialized in Documentary Photography and Video Production. He is the co-founder and artistic director of DARST and his work has been exhibited at festivals and venues worldwide and has appeared on TIME, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, BBC, RSI, la Repubblica, Internazionale, Politiken, The British Journal of Photography and several other media outlets worldwide. He often collaborates with NGOs such as Save the Children and Emergency. www.dariobosio.com
Valerie V. Kittlitz \ Script writer, Editor, Field Producer
Valerie von Kittlitz is a writer and editor for text, audio and video productions. She is producing journalistic and documentary broadcasts for the Deutsche Welle and podcasts with the RBB (Radio Berlin Brandenburg) and the digital media production company Kooperative Berlin. Her essays have been published through academic peer reviews and journals at Harvard and FU Berlin respectively, as well as award-winning publisher The Pigeonhole. Valerie holds an MA in Visual and Media Anthropology and an intermediate degree in European Ethnology from Humboldt University, Berlin. Having grown up in India, Ethiopia and Germany, she has an innate interest in multifaceted cultural representations.
Desiree Agngarayngay Lai \ Post Production, Motion Design
Desiree has a background in television production and effects and holds a degree in post-production and motion and effects design from Columbia College, Chicago Illinois. She has worked as a media manager and video editor in advertisement and non-profit sector. At Manifest Media, she collaborates on projects as associate producer, motion designer and editor. Take a look at her beautiful work - here
Megan Christensen \ Producer and Video Editor
Megan has a 12+ year career producing and editing video content for global fashion and luxury brands. Most recently she worked as an Executive Producer at an international sports media company, where she led a US-based production team that directed and produced documentary films and episodic online series.
Lawrence Blankenbyl | Animator, Illustrator
Lawrence is an illustrator based in Austria. My career since graduating with a Graphic Design degree has taken me through Advertising, Film, Animation and now Illustration. I love to create clever and quirky imagery with a beautiful sense of atmosphere and narrative.