Creator · Producer · Media Entrepreneur

HANNES M. SCHALLE

For four decades, Hannes M. Schalle has worked where creative authorship meets enterprise.

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"Stories begin with emotion. Their future depends on strategy."

A powerful idea needs a distinctive form, the right partners, and a structure that allows it to reach its audience and retain value beyond its first release.

— Hannes M. Schalle

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A Weekend in Monaco — poster

A Weekend in Monaco

Documentary · 52 min

The most famous Formula 1 weekend — with Sir Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda and Bob McKenzie.

Pre-production
Paris–Dakar — poster

Paris–Dakar

Feature film

The spectacular race from Paris to Dakar — the true story of Heinz Kinigadner.

Pre-production
Parsifal — poster

Parsifal

Feature film

A gifted trumpeter chases a family secret across Italy — music, passion, freedom.

Selected Work

Four decades of stories.

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2021 Writer · Director · Producer

Beethoven X – The AI Project

An unfinished symphony, completed two centuries later — by artificial intelligence.

2018 Writer · Director · Producer

Silent Night – A Song for the World

One carol, every continent — carried by Kelly Clarkson and Joss Stone.

2014 Writer · Director · Producer

Lauda – The Untold Story

The thirty-three days that defined a Formula 1 legend. Premiered at Cannes.

Essays on the work.

On AI · authorship

Who owns creativity in the age of AI?

On story · platforms

Why emotional storytelling outlives every platform

On Salzburg · scale

Salzburg: a small city with a global signal

From vision to production

The company through which the work is made.

Hannes founded Moonlake Entertainment as the company through which many of his film, television and music projects are developed, financed, produced and brought to market.

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