after weeks of storyboarding and planning for a tennis-commercial with grand slam champion dominic thiem, he sustained a season-ending injury a mere days before our production. I'm extremely grateful for the trust of everyone involved, including dominic Thiem himself, for allowing me to send our script overboard and simply shoot a freestyle-biopic about his career path and rollercoaster ride of a season in 2021. the hardest part in becoming a champion? taking a break. A line that would later fit perfectly to the amazing client behind it all: duravit.