In 2002 Ernst founded Vent Productions after he graduated from the prestigious Directing Program of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. The plan was and still is to deliver films to the marketplace with a strong voice and unique stories well told. Through the label Vent Ernst produced several shorts and in 2007 the feature debut and character-driven drama SOUTH OF PICO (SOP). SOP went on to win many festivals all over the world. After a bidding war at its premiere SOP was sold to US distributor Image Entertainment and subsequently to several more territories in the world. Currently SOUTH OF PICO will be released theatrically in Austria. But Vent Productions is also home to documentaries. GLOBAL WARNING - A Journey Into War, released June 20 as a Day-And-Date-Release. Currently Vent Productions develops feature films to be set up bi-continentally - both in the U.S. and Europe.