The Team Behind Midnight Odyssey
Li Wallis
Li Wallis is a filmmaker whose work blends visual artistry with a global perspective, exploring mysteries, ecological issues, and the tensions between science and nature. Raised in the American South, she began her career in journalism, reporting on human-interest stories before moving to Europe to pursue fine-art painting. Her path soon expanded into humanitarian filmmaking and photography, documenting communities across Africa, South America, and Asia— a body of work that earned her Special Consultative Status with the United Nations ECOSOC and membership in the Clinton Global Initiative.
Driven by curiosity about human experience and the natural world, Wallis turned to narrative filmmaking to explore complex ethical and ecological questions. She honed her craft through an ambitious year-long project producing one short film per week, developing a distinctive style defined by meticulous lighting, bold color palettes, deliberate composition, and immersive sound design.
Her debut feature, 'Flights of Reverie', is a Berlin-set mystery-drama examining humanity versus nature, wildlife trafficking, and the ethics of DNA manipulation. Through her company, Wallis creates films that combine striking visuals, compelling music, and thought-provoking storytelling, engaging audiences while establishing her as a director with a clear thematic voice and a commitment to stories that matter.
John Dooley
John specializes in script writing and content development for film and TV series. As a former News Photo Editor at The Daily Telegraph newspaper in London, he also worked in a number of editorial photography roles for sister titles The Sunday Telegraph and Telegraph Magazine. After seven years at the publication, he became a freelance photojournalist based in Los Angeles, where he covered the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 2008 U.S. presidential election and numerous California wildfires. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and Le Monde, among other international publications.
Rounding off several years in the USA, John returned to London to manage and tutor at the Leica Academy in Mayfair. He was chosen to launch the digital version of the M camera through a promotional film. He has been a regular content contributor to Black + White Photography magazine where he wrote his own monthly column, Viewfinder. His photographic writing led to further features for The Independent newspaper, Rouleur cycling magazine, Digital Photographer magazine and The Telegraph Online. Additionally, John was a camera tester for Ricoh Japan, and his collaboration with Hasselblad resulted in the architectural photography book: Crestwood Hills: The Chronicle of a Modern Utopia.
John was the stills photographer for Director Andrew Piddington’s 2015 film 'Sins Of A Father', starring Lambert Wilson, and produced by Graham Leader (producer of I'n The Bedroom '– nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture in 2002).
Robin Czerny
Berlin based writer, director and producer Robin has worked in the film industry for over twenty years. His award winning work as an actor has provided him with the experience of working on innumerable productions and has given him a thorough insight into scripts and character development. Having played the lead in several feature films in German, he shot his first leading role in English - which was released in 2024.
Always making the best out of every character he was given the opportunity to portray, Robin’s desire for getting behind the camera and realizing his own ideas grew. In order to develop his first feature film script, he studied the art of scriptwriting and produced several films.
‘Cannes Affaire,' a medium-length film that he wrote, directed and produced, premiered in the USA in 2025. He recently directed his latest screenplay, ‘Hypnophobia,’ about the blurred lines between dreams and reality, and it's in post production. Robin is one of the co-writers behind Midnight Odyssey Productions' next feature film in development entitled, 'The Assembly.'
Jan E. Siebert
Internationally esteemed photographer and creative director Siebert has spent his career shaping performances into immersive visual narratives. His lens has captured icons like Alicia Keys, Annie Lennox, and the Pet Shop Boys, distilling music and emotion into timeless imagery. His ability to crystallize intensity, presence, and atmosphere reveals a director’s instinct—transforming sound, light, and motion into stories that resonate far beyond the stage.
As Art & Creative Director of Showpalast Munich, Siebert conceived and directed productions blending live music, acrobatics, and cinematic spectacle. His direction shaped the venue’s visual identity and demonstrated his capacity to develop large-scale concepts from inception to execution—a hallmark of strong film production leadership. Beyond the stage, Siebert’s collaborations with visual artists such as James Turrell and Dan Perjovschi, as well as his award-winning recognition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025, underline his global reach.
Siebert now applies his multidisciplinary expertise to being a creative producer, shaping stories that bridge art and reality. His current arthouse documentary he directed, 'Between Worlds' explores the lives of two aerial acrobatics, reflecting his belief that true artistry lies not in spectacle but in capturing the fragile humanity beneath it.