Christian Schlaeffer holds an MA in Animation from the Royal College of Art, London, and is a 3D designer, tech artist and award-winning animation artist. His animated short films and documentary sequences have been shown at festivals such as the BFI London Film Festival, Encounters in Bristol, and the Melbourne International Animation Festival. He has taught animation, communication design, and cultural history at Technische Hochschule Augsburg, DSK Supinfocom in Pune, India, and the Royal College of Art, London.
At Staatstheater Augsburg, he designed VR sequences for various productions. Together with Tina Lorenz, he developed the VR theatre platform »Elektrotheater« there in 2021 and the VR installation »Spectral Haven« for the ZKM Karlsruhe in 2024. In 2025, he contributed to VR productions at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and the Volkstheater Wien. He is designing animations for the world premiere of »Always Coming Home« based on Ursula K. Le Guin at Theater und Orchester Heidelberg in 2025/26.