After a year abroad in Tel-Aviv, Franzi studied Cultural & Social Anthropology and Philosophy at the University of Vienna, and after graduating in 2017, she added a Master's degree in Journalism with a focus on Visual Communication & Journalism.
While studying, she worked as an assistant to the editorial staff in the production of documentaries and gained a lot of experience in the development, research and creation of documentary formats. For the film "Die Gerechten unter den Völkern - Retter und Helfer im Nationalsozialismus" (2014), she created two of the five featured stories of those people who are honoured as "righteous" by the Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem. Together with director Andrea Morgenthaler, she won the Silver Dolphin at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards for this work.
Seit 2020 ist sie bei berg hammer film als Office Managerin und Assistenz der Produzentin an Board.