Franz is an independent international script consultant, teacher and tutor in workshops and individual project development, based in Berlin. With Françoise von Roy he founded "Script Circle" in 2014, a bi-monthly script development-workshop in Berlin and also runs the script consulting workshop "Six Days of Practice" for film professionals. Since 2003 he is a script advisor for CineLink /Sarajevo Film Festival. For Berlinale Talents he selects and mentors projects at their annual “Script Station”. He was the script consultant for SEAFIC (Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab) and a tutor for TorinoFilmLab from the inauguration of the program until 2020. From 2006 – 2015 he was one of the core advisors at Binger Filmlab/Amsterdam. Franz lectures regularly at: dffb – Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin; University of Malta - Faculty of Arts – Master in Film Studies; ZHdK – Zurich.