Trained in Munich for the violin and composition, Bernhard Elsner moved to Nice (France) in 1991 with the goal of achieving his studies in mathematics. In 1998 he came to Paris, PhD diploma in one hand, a sheath of scribbled compositions in the other - and suddenly found himself working as assistant and co-creator of works as diverse as dramatic shorts and scientific documentaries for national television, culminating in his work for the bigger screen: the Imax underwater movie "Origins of Life\