Timo Joh. Mayer, born December 15, 1977 in Villingen, set up the production company "Los Bandidos Films" together with his companion Benjamin Eicher in 2000. Under this label, Mayer and co-director Eicher finished a series of short and low budget films that were all distributed directly to video and DVD during the following years. In early 2009, Timo Joh. Mayer (together with co-director Benjamin Eicher) finished his first film for the movie screen, the prominently casted ensemble drama "Kopf oder Zahl".