Films that move people. And policy.

I’m Nathan, a political economist and film director, who specialises in turning policy ideas into cinematic stories.

Nathan Lauer looks through the viewfinder of a film camera on set. Black and white. — Behind the camera on Who Killed Kenya, 2023

Anne Brorhilker sits at a desk in front of an investigation board covered in documents and photos. — New film Premiering 23 November 2026 at Urania Berlin
The CumCum FilesOn the Trail of the Financial Lobby
Original title: Aktenzeichen CumCum

Docu-fiction, 30 min. For Finanzwende, 2026.

Why has the money from Germany’s biggest tax scandal still not been recovered to this day?

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Photo: @itsnotanothershot

I come from policy.

I trained and worked as a policy analyst. Filmmaking is how I take that work beyond the expert bubble.

Policy research on

An investment programme for Europe’s industrial competitiveness (IG Metall, 2025)
Responsible supply chains for renewable energy technology (Deutsche Umwelthilfe, 2024)
How private equity is changing the private military industry (RUG, 2024)
ECB credit guidance and French post-war lending policy (RUG, 2023)

Education

M.A. International Political Economy
M.Sc. Philosophy, Politics and Economics
B.A. International Relations
B.A. Philosophy

I know how to keep an audience hooked.

Plot, characters, suspense. Years of narrative filmmaking have taught me how to keep people on the edge of their seats. I bring that craft to every policy film.

Who Killed Kenya Feature, 2023. Writer, director, producer, cinematographer and editor. A Model UN-themed murder mystery about a competition that gets out of hand. Best Narrative Feature, Las Cruces International Film Festival 2024.Watch the trailer: Who Killed Kenya, YouTube (opens in a new tab)
The Trophy Short, 2026. Writer, director, producer, cinematographer and editor. A corporate drama about a trophy wife whose secret connection with someone at her husband’s auditing giant threatens her carefully curated life.
They Served with the Colors Short, 2026. Producer, cinematographer and editor. A dystopian war drama set in a colorless world, where four soldiers are sent to hunt deserters who claim the old world still holds color.

How I work

I understand the policy issues in detail.

I join your team for the length of the project and read what you read. I dig into the data, case studies and fine print to understand the policy idea inside out.
I give the key facts a cinematic form.

I choose the strongest arguments to make your case and then weave them into a story that will make people care.
I lead the production, from script to final cut.

I know how to build a production from the ground up, drawing on a network of industry professionals built over years. So every film looks bigger than its budget.