Maria Courtial is co-founder, CEO and producer at Faber Courtial - studio for digital worlds, established together with her husband in 1998 after graduating in industrial design.
An open-minded future enthusiast, Maria was an early adopter of technology to unleash deep human emotions. The company developed into one of the leading VR & VFX studio in Germany. Since 2014, Maria has been producing and co-directing award-winning immersive films and experiences that reimagine the world of entertainment, such as Volcanos, Gladiators, Follow-me Rome, Into Space -1st Step & 2nd Step and the studio’s latest production GENESIS. Committed to delivering complex worlds in real time, the studio continues to embrace new VR techniques. With their inhouse tool “Phalanx” they are currently developing high quality 6DOF experiences for mobile glasses.