Steven BAWOL
EMCFACULTY
Steven Bawol is a writer/producer/director who has created and produced over 500 episodes of more t...
Dana IDISIS
FACULTYG - LThe SHOWRUNNER MASTER CLASS 2019
Dana Idisis wrote and co-created "On the spectrum" together with Yuval Shafferman. The show premiere...
Gerhard MAIER
The SHOWRUNNER MASTER CLASS 2019
After getting his degree in American cultural studies and economics Gerhard turned his passion for m...
Dafna PRENNER
FACULTYM - RThe SHOWRUNNER MASTER CLASS 2019
Dafna is the Creative Director and C0-CEO of Artza Production, an innovative production house based ...
Karni ZIV
FACULTYS - ZThe SHOWRUNNER MASTER CLASS 2019
With over 30 years of experience in content production. Karni Ziv began her career in 1992 as a scri...
Daniel HYMAN
ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT 2018FACULTYG - L
Daniel brings several years as an independent producer and sales-agent at Preferred Content to spear...
Amos NEUMANN
ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT 2018FACULTYM - R
Amos joined Armoza Formats in 2012 as Chief Operating Officer, where he manages the company’s ongo...
Jeppe GJERVIG GRAM
Showrunner Master Class 2017
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David WOLSTENCROFT
FACULTYS - ZShowrunner Master Class 2017
David Wolstencroft is a multi-award-winning writer & producer. Together with Simon Mirren, Davi...
Maria FELDMAN
Showrunner Master Class 2017
Maria Feldman is the producer and co-creator of the Israeli series False Flag. The series premiered ...
Adi HASAK
Showrunner Master Class 2017
Adi Hasak serves as creator, executive producer and showrunner on USA Network's critically acclaimed...
Shawn BU
Next Creators
Shawn Bu began his studies in Communications Design in Germany already with a great passion for film...
Oguz YILMAZ
Next Creators
Oguz was part of Y-Titty - with more than 1 billion views the most successful german comedy group o...
Jordan CHARITON
Next Creators
Jordan Chariton is a political reporter for The Young Turks, reporting on the presidential campaign ...
Kat HEBDEN
NEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaNext Creators
Kat Hebden currently heads up digital for Fremantle Media UK. In 2015 she founded Shotglass Media, F...
Bullshit TV
Next Creators
Bullshit TV - or BSTV - is a German-speaking comedy trio and one of the most successful YouTube ch...
Tobias SCHIWEK
Next Creators
Tobias Schiwek is a serial entrepreneur and consultant for digital change of established industries....
Christian MEINBERGER
Developing Formats 2015FACULTYM - RNext Creators
Christian Meinberger is responsible for development, production and distribution of multi-screen con...
Frank GOVAERE
Next Creators
Born in Belgium, Frank Govaere studied film and animation at the prestigious Royal Academy of Fine A...
Daniel BRUECKNER
Next Creators
Daniel Brückner works as a Senior Digital Strategist at UFA X, the Innovation Unit by UFA/Fremantle...
Simon MIRREN
FACULTYM - RPITCHING 2017PITCHING IDEAS
Simon Mirren, a former plasterer, is now a successful Hollywood screenwriter and showrunner. Before ...
Sven SALZENGER
Next Creators
Sven Slazenger co-founded Interlake in 1997 and heads the company’s German operations in Potsdam. ...
Julia ALTHOFF
Next Creators
Julia Althoff is leading the media initiative MESH Collective, specialist in online video education,...
Jörg WINGER
FACULTYNegotiating Deals 2016PITCHING 2016S - ZThe SHOWRUNNER MASTER CLASS 2019
Jörg Winger is the creator and executive producer of DEUTSCHLAND83/86/89 (RTL, Amazon Prime Video...
Maxine BOTESAZAN
DTPNegotiating Deals 2016
Maxine Botesazan is a tech/media growth strategist. She currently serves as Executive Advisor to t...
Selim Pekin GÜNGÖR
FACULTYG - LPitch Club | Mentor
Selim Pekin Güngör is Creative Strategist, previously at VICE Media Germany, developing tailor mad...
Ben SILVERMAN
DTPFACULTYMIPACADEMY ChinaS - Z
Ben Silverman, the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning show creator and media executive, is Chairman...
Bertrand VILLEGAS
Developing Formats 2016FACULTYS - Z
Bertrand Villegas is the co-founder of The WIT, the leading agency specialized in research and infor...
Virginia MOUSELER
Developing Formats 2016FACULTYM - R
Virginia Mouseler is the co-founder of The WIT, the leading agency specialized in research and infor...
Iepe RUBINGH
PITCHING 2017
I am a passionate storyteller, innovator, thinker and fighter.Together with a remarkable team of adv...
Tatjana ANDERSSON
Entertainment AcademyRUNNING SHOWS 2016
Tatjana Andersson works as a story editor at SVT Drama (Sweden) and a freelance script consultant. H...
Simon STAFFANS
FACULTYPITCHING 2016S - Z
Simon Staffans is an award-winning format and content developer working in Finland. Over a distingui...
Hagai LEVI
FACULTYG - LRunning Shows 2015
Levi created and directed the highly acclaimed Israeli TV series Be'Tipul, (2005-2008), later adapte...
Ran TELLEM
DTPFACULTYMIPACADEMY ChinaPITCHING 2016Running Shows 2015RUNNING SHOWS 2016S - Z
Tellem joined MEDIAPRO Group in 2016 in the newly created post as Head of International Content Deve...
Anna WINGER
FACULTYPITCHING 2016RUNNING SHOWSRunning Shows 2015RUNNING SHOWS 2016S - Z
Anna Winger is a novelist, essayist and creator of the television drama ‘Deutschland83′. British...
Omri MARCUS
ALUMNICLASS 2009Developing Formats 2015Next Creators
Omri Marcus is VP Content and Editor-in-Chief of Lifestyle Channels at Ananey Communications. He is ...
Michael SCHMIDT
DEVELOPING FORMATSDeveloping Formats 2015Entertainment AcademyENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT 2018FACULTYNegotiating Deals 2016Next CreatorsPitch Club | MentorPITCHING 2017PITCHING IDEASRUNNING SHOWSS - ZTHE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2017THE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2018The FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2019
As Chief Creative Officer, Michael oversees Red Arrow's global format development, acquisitions, cre...
Norman A. KURLAND
COMEDY 2013ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTYG - LNegotiating Deals 2015Negotiating Deals 2016
Norman A. Kurland graduated from Princeton University (AB) and Harvard Business School (MBA) and beg...
Greg BRENMAN
Greg established Drama Republic with his long-term colleague Roanna Benn in January 2013. Their fir...
Jonathan CAVENDISH
Jonathan Cavendish is an independent film producer. He is notable for his work on Elizabeth: The G...
Gareth NEAME
Negotiating Deals 2015
Gareth Neame is a British Emmy and Golden Globe award winning television producer and executive....
Rebecca EATON
Negotiating Deals 2015
Rebecca Eaton took over the helm of the PBS series Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! in 1985, and ove...
Frank SPOTNITZ
Negotiating Deals 2015Running Shows 2015
Award-winning writer and producer, Frank Spotnitz is the Chief Executive of Big Light Productions, w...
Nick FORTUGNO
A - FDTPFACULTYNegotiating Deals 2016
Nick Fortugno is a designer of digital and real-world games and co-founder of the game company Play...
Jamie MUNRO
Developing Formats 2015Entertainment AcademyNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaNegotiating Deals 2015
Jamie Munro is Joint Managing Director of Greenbird Media, a production company incubator, investor ...
Karen SMITH
Developing Formats 2015Entertainment AcademyNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaNegotiating Deals 2015THE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2017THE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2018The FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2019
Karen’s network television career started at Granada TV’s “This Morning” as a Day Producer b...
James MANOS Jr.
James Manos, Jr. is an American film and television writer and producer.Manos worked as a co-produc...
Gideon RAFF
FACULTYM - R
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Nancy GLASS
Nancy Glass has worked in television since her teens. At one point she had interned for so long she ...
Andy BERG
Andy Berg joined Animal Planet in March 2012 as the vice president of development. Reporting to seni...
Vinnie POTESTIVO
Vinnie Potestivo is an American casting director and television producer. He is a graduate of Wag...
Barbara BARNA ABEL
A - FFACULTY
Barbara Barna Abel is the president and founder of Abel Intermedia, a talent development company bas...
Lance WEILER
FACULTYS - Z
Lance Weiler is a storyteller, entrepreneur and thought leader. He is recognised as a pioneer becau...
Jim BIEDERMAN
A - FNegotiating Deals 2016Pitch Club | Mentor
Jim Biederman is a leading Executive Producer/Showrunner of alternative scripted and unscripted alt...
Dick DE RIJK
DEVELOPING FORMATSDeveloping Formats 2015FACULTYM - RPitch Club | MentorPITCHING 2016PITCHING IDEASTHE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2017THE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2018The FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2019
After running his own creative team in the advertising and gaming industries, Dick partnered in 1999...
Clare THOMPSON
Developing Formats 2015Entertainment AcademyFACULTYNegotiating Deals 2015S - Z
Clare is a leading industry consultant on TV development processes and international format trends, ...
David NOLL
Format creators Cleve Keller and Dave Noll have created over 100 formats for global partners includi...
Lincoln HIATT
LINCOLN HIATT is one of the sharpest creative minds in reality television. He is a highly skilled ...
Matt GOULD
FACULTYG - LRUNNING SHOWS
Matt Gould is the Executive Vice President, PactUS . He joined from Zig Zag where he spearheaded...
Carrie STEIN
Negotiating Deals 2015
Carrie Stein is currently serving as Executive Vice President of Global Productions for Entertainmen...
Charlie HANSON
COMEDY 2013CPH TV Festival 2014Developing Formats 2015FACULTYPitch Club | Mentor
Charlie Hanson’s work as a producer spans three decades of television drama and comedy. His award-...
Ute BIERNAT
A - FFACULTYPITCHING IDEAS 2015
Ute Biernat has been CEO of UFA SHOW & FACTUAL GmbH since May 2000. After graduating in theatre,...
Jonathan WEBDALE
DTPPITCHING IDEAS 2015
Jonathan Webdale is editor of C21Media.net, the market-leading information provider to the global co...
Bernhard SONNLEITNER
DEVELOPING FORMATSDeveloping Formats 2015PITCHING IDEASPITCHING IDEAS 2015THE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2017THE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2018The FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2019
Bernhard studied Political Science at Passau University and at Muskingum University (Ohio, USA). He ...
Georg TSCHURTSCHENTHALER
FACULTYPITCHING IDEAS 2015S - Z
Studied economics and communication sciences in Vienna. After working as a business consultant he st...
Yu HANGYING
MIPACADEMY China
Yu is Director of the strategic development department of Zhejiang Satellite TV and has been in the ...
Elad SONEGO
Developing Formats 2015
Elad is the VP Creative for the MTV Networks & Viacom brands in Israel, operated by Ananey Comm...
Ulrich SCHMITZ
PITCHING 2017
Uli Schmitz is managing director of Axel Springer Digital Ventures GmbH and responsible for investme...
Anika GIESE
PITCHING 2017
Anika Giese is Head of Video for the Berlin-based brands BILD Berlin and B.Z.. In addition she is ov...
Matthias PIEPER
PITCHING 2017
Technician, producer, entrepreneur – Matthias Pieper offers the rare combination of technical know...
Sebastian BURKHARDT
Negotiating Deals 2015
In his role as SVP Acquisitions & Digital, Sebastian is tasked with identifying and executing n...
Annette REEKER
Negotiating Deals 2015
After woriking in the film business as a writer, director and producer for more than 15 years Annett...
Wil HARRIS
COMEDY 2013DTPEntertainment AcademyENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT 2018ENTREPRENEURFACULTYG - LNegotiating Deals 2015Pitch Club | MentorPitch Club | StoryPitch Club | TechREALITY & FACTUAL
Wil Harris is a journalist and serial entrepreneur with a proven track record of building successfu...
Ian LAMARRA
NEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMedia
Before his most recent appointment as creative director Avalon Television Factual, Ian Lamarra had f...
Klaus ZIMMERMANN
FACULTYNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaNegotiating Deals 2015Running Shows 2015RUNNING SHOWS 2016S - ZShowrunner Master Class 2017
Klaus Zimmermann started his career in 1993 at the German company KirchGruppe as producer of film, t...
Lilibet FOSTER
Negotiating Deals 2016PITCHING IDEASRUNNING SHOWS
Lilibet Foster is an Academy Award® Nominated filmmaker and multiple award winning director, produc...
Jacob HOULIND
ADVISORY BOARDCOPENHAGEN TV FESTIVALENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTYNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaPitch Club | Mentor
Jacob Houlind began his career in television as a legal advisor to the VP of acquisition at SBS broa...
Jens RICHTER
ADVISORY BOARDEntertainment AcademyFACULTYM - RNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaNegotiating Deals 2015Running Shows 2015RUNNING SHOWS 2016Showrunner Master Class 2017
As CEO FremantleMedia International (FMI) Jens oversees the global distribution of FremantleMedia’...
Masaki HAMURA
FACULTYG - LTIFFCOM 2014
Masaki is the Managing Director of AKQA’s Tokyo office. Leading the Tokyo team in their work with ...
Jacob SHWIRTZ
Until recently, Jacob was the Chief Social Media Officer for Endemol Beyond USA, having helped start...
David LIDDIMENT
ADVISORY BOARDENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTYNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaPitch Club | MentorREALITY & FACTUAL
David Liddiment started his career at Granada TV where after working as a researcher, investigative ...
Paul TYLER
Creativity In The SteppesEntertainment AcademyENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTYGAME SHOWS & GAMINGNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaPitch Club | MentorPITCHING IDEAS 2015RUNNING SHOWS 2016S - ZShowrunner Master Class 2017The SHOWRUNNER MASTER CLASS 2019
Paul founded Handling Ideas from a twenty-year career spanning television and cross-media production...
Olek LOEWENSTEIN
DTPNegotiating Deals 2016
Olek Loewenstein is a Media Executive at Univision Communications Inc., the leading media company se...
Mark ROWLAND
FACULTYM - RNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaNegotiating Deals 2015
Mark began his career in BBC TV and Radio News, as a BBC News Trainee then becoming Assistant News E...
Abby GREENSFELDER
FACULTYG - LPitch Club | MentorRUNNING SHOWS
Greensfelder’s passion for compelling television and her interest in social anthropology spurred h...
Brent MONTGOMERY
A - FFACULTYPitch Club | MentorRUNNING SHOWS
Executive Producer Brent Montgomery is the owner of Leftfield Pictures.
He got his start in local...
Nic PIZZOLATTO
CPH TV Festival 2014Pitch Club | Mentor
Nic Pizzolatto is an award-winning novelist and short-story writer, he is the author of the collecti...
Paul KONTONIS
G - LPitch Club | MentorRUNNING SHOWS
Paul Kontonis is Chief Marketing Officer at WHOSAY, the leading influencer marketing and media compa...
Christoph FEY
A - FCreativity In The SteppesDEVELOPING FORMATSDeveloping Formats 2015Developing Formats 2016DTPEMCEntertainment AcademyENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT 2018FACULTYMIPACADEMY ChinaMIPACADEMY MOSCOWNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaNegotiating Deals 2015Negotiating Deals 2016PITCHING 2017PITCHING IDEASPITCHING IDEAS 2015The FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2019The SHOWRUNNER MASTER CLASS 2019
Christoph Fey lives in Berlin. He is an entertainment lawyer in the media law firm UNVERZAGT VON HA...
Chris ALBERT
A - FFACULTYPitch Club | MentorRUNNING SHOWS
Chris Albert is Senior Vice President of Communications Worldwide and Talent Relations for the Natio...
Daniel KELLISON
DTPEntertainment AcademyFACULTYG - LPitch Club | MentorPITCHING 2016RUNNING SHOWS
Daniel Kellison is an Emmy nominated TV producer/writer and co-founder of Jackhole Industries (with ...
Gary BINKOW
A - FFACULTY
Gary Binkow is both a partner in The Collective as well as founding partner and CEO of Salient Media...
James ROWLEY
Entertainment AcademyFACULTYM - RPitch Club | MentorRUNNING SHOWS
James Rowley has an extensive history of writing, directing and producing television, taking on his ...
Allègre HADIDA
DTPEntertainment AcademyENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT 2018FACULTYG - LNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaNegotiating Deals 2015
Dr. Allègre L. Hadida is a tenured Senior Lecturer in Strategy at the University of Cambridge Judg...
Caitlin BURNS
A - FFACULTYRUNNING SHOWS
Caitlin Burns has spent a decade working with narrative intellectual property franchises, independen...
Kai STURM
FACULTYPitch Club | MentorPITCHING IDEASPITCHING IDEAS 2015S - Z
While still a student of classical music in Essen (Folkwang School 1981-1985) Kai Sturm worked as a ...
Ann-Marlene HENNING
CPH TV Festival 2014
Ann-Marlene Henning was born in Viborg, Denmark and studied Neuropsychology at the University of Ha...
Christian BEETZ
A - FCPH TV Festival 2014Pitch Club | MentorPITCHING IDEASPITCHING IDEAS 2015
Christian Beetz, founder and CEO of gebrueder beetz filmproduction, is one of the most important ...
Cat ANDERSON
Developing Formats 2015
Following winning a British TV show in 2011, Cat left her job as a music critic at the BBC to make t...
Victoria LOOMES
Next Creators
Victoria Loomes oversees TrendWatching's Premium content and regularly delivers insight-packed keyno...
Michael WERNER
DEVELOPING FORMATSFACULTYNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaPITCHING IDEASPITCHING IDEAS 2015S - Z
A serial entrepreneur and passionated challenger of monopolies and oligopolies, Michael's first co...
Duncan GRAY
FACULTYG - L
Duncan Gray has spent 25 years developing and launching big, innovative hit entertainment shows, as ...
Steve FORDE
As Head of Viewer Relationships, Steve is responsible for developing a one-to-one personalised relat...
Matt LOCKE
NEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMedia
Matt Locke founded Storythings in 2011 as a creative studio helping clients tell stories in an age o...
Mark EAVES
NEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMedia
Mark Eaves is the Co-Founder of Gravity Road, an independent strategic & creative company leadin...
Jamie LENNOX
DEVELOPING FORMATSFACULTYG - LPitch Club | MentorPITCHING IDEAS
Jamie is responsible for steering the creative direction of the company and leading the creative m...
Jeroen DOUCET
A - FDEVELOPING FORMATSDeveloping Formats 2016DTPEntertainment AcademyFACULTYMIPACADEMY ChinaNegotiating Deals 2016Next CreatorsPITCHING 2016PITCHING 2017PITCHING IDEAS 2015
Jeroen Doucet is MD and founder of ComingNextTV, the strategy and concept unit of Ex Machina Group. ...
Tim HARCOURT
DEVELOPING FORMATSFACULTYG - LPitch Club | MentorTHE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2017
Tim has worked in production and development at Granada, Hat Trick and the BBC where he helped to de...
Nigel WALLEY
NEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMedia
Nigel is Managing Director of Decipher the media strategy consultancy, and Chairman of the Decipher ...
Al BROWN
NEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMedia
Al Brown is Head of Video for VICE UK, leading the commissioning, development and creation of progra...
Geertje HOEK
Geertje Hoek is the managing director of the organisation’s creative heart, Talpa Content, which i...
Mark ADAMS
NEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMedia
In March 2014 The Guardian awarded Mark the accolade of “Star of Tech City” describing him as ...
Oren GERNER
ALUMNICLASS 2013Pitch Club | Class 2014
In 2009, after publishing a children's book and finishing theater studies, Oren travelled for 14 mon...
Alon SAHAR
ALUMNICLASS 2013Pitch Club | Class 2014Pitch Club | Story
After 10 years as a drummer and percussionist, Alon travelled the East where he met an Israeli veter...
Malte SCHÖNFELD
PITCHING 2017
Malte Schönfeld joined Audi in 2011, where he is part of the AUDI Design Team in Ingolstadt, focusi...
Ralf SCHÄFER
PITCHING 2017
Ralf Schäfer is Director of the Video Division at Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) in Berl...
Jan BENNEMANN
A - FFACULTYThe SHOWRUNNER MASTER CLASS 2019
Following his studies of International Economics at the Maastricht University, Jan Bennemann started...
Moritz BAUMANN
PITCHING 2017
Moritz is Marketing Manager Berlin at AUDI AG and was responsible for the roll-out of Audi City in B...
Clark PARSONS
ADVISORY BOARD
A native of (sweet home) Alabama in the U.S., Clark began his career as a writer (Daily Variety, C...
Jennifer WILSON
NEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMedia
Jennifer is a Director of The Project Factory, a producer of creative transmedia projects across web...
Christian-Alexander VRY
ADVISORY BOARD
Christian-Alexander Vry is a General Partner at Found Fair Ventures, a Berlin-based company builder ...
Simon ANDERSON
PITCHING IDEAS 2015
After studying music at Durham and Edinburgh universities Simon spent five years at working at PRS f...
Anna BRAKENHIELM
A - FFACULTYREALITY & FACTUAL
Anna Bråkenhielm is one of the most renowned TV executives in Scandinavia, recognized as the first ...
Ze FRANK
A - FFACULTYPitch Club | Mentor
Since 2001 Ze has created online and offline environments in which participants can gather, create, ...
Peter HANSEN
ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTYG - L
Peter Hansen started his career as a stand up comedian in 1991, after 700 stand up jobs and 170 TV h...
Peter BAZALGETTE
FACULTY
Peter Bazalgette has personally devised several internationally successful television formats such a...
David SABEL
ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTYS - Z
David Sabel is the National Theatre’s first Director of Broadcast and Digital, appointed in 2009....
Sir Jeremy ISAACS
ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTYG - L
Jeremy has spent over 45 years in television, producing some of the finest British television progra...
Mikkel BONDESEN
A - FFACULTY
Mikkel Bondesen is the CEO of UFUSE, a Creative Management company that helps companies maximize col...
Jonathan SICHEL
ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTS - Z
Jonathan Sichel is Managing Director of the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) op...
Jason SILVA
ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTENTREPRENEURFACULTYPitch Club | Class 2014Pitch Club | MentorPitch Club | StoryPitch Club | TechS - Z
As host of National Geographic Channel’s #1 rated and Emmy-nominated series, Brain Games, J...
Mikiko NISHIYAMA
MIPACADEMY SingaporeTIFFCOM 2014
Mikiko Nishiyama entered Nippon Television 1990 as a journalist and worked at the news department fo...
Anke ENGELKE
A - FCOMEDY 2013FACULTYPitch Club | Mentor
Anke Engelke was born in Montreal, Canada. Her family moved back to Germany when she was five. There...
Chris RICE
Negotiating Deals 2015
Chris heads the Global TV team at WME and works with the agency’s content creators, global network...
Matthew ASHCROFT
FACULTYMIPACADEMY Singapore
Matthew Ashcroft joined Shine International in January 2012 to the newly created role of SVP, Head o...
Malte ANDREASSON
A - FENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTY
After a short period in newspapers, Malte Andreasson started in commercial television as soon as it ...
Tom JENNINGS
MIPACADEMY Singapore
Tom Jennings is an award-winning television and documentary movie producer with more than 400 hours ...
Jock MILLGARDH
...
Mattias OLSSON
DEVELOPING FORMATS
Mattias Olsson, co-founder of Friday TV which created hit formats such as Minute To Win It in licens...
Michael McKAY
MIPACADEMY Singapore
Michael is an award winning Executive Producer, Director and Creator of programming with more than...
Amit STRETINER
FACULTYGAME SHOWS & GAMINGPitch Club | MentorS - Z
Amit joined July-August in 2005 overseeing development, adaptation and creative editing some of Isra...
Lisa SHILOACH-UZRAD
FACULTYGAME SHOWS & GAMINGPitch Club | MentorS - Z
With 20 years in the industry Lisa's experience incorporates TV production, including dramas, entert...
Udi MIRON
GAME SHOWS & GAMING
Udi (Ehud) Miron is a 30 year veteran of the television business and is the founder and CEO of Anane...
Revital BASEL
A - FFACULTYGAME SHOWS & GAMING
Since December 2011: VP Sales at Dori Media Group. In charge of scouting formats, distribution title...
John RANELAGH
ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTYM - R
John began his TV career in BBC News and Current Affairs on Midweek. Later he was Associate Producer...
Dame Sandra DAWSON
A - FEntertainment AcademyENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTY
KPMG Professor of ManagementSpecial Advisor (Research)Fellow of Sidney Sussex CollegeBA (Keele Univ....
Pia MARQUARD
Creativity In The Steppes
Pia is a TV executive, show-runner, show doctor, and trainer, whose workshops include concept develo...
Danny GREENSTONE
Danny has been involved in the entertainment industry since 1958 when he took the lead role in St.Ma...
Na Young SUK
FACULTYM - RMIPACADEMY SingaporePitch Club | Mentor
Na Young Suk was born in 1976. Educated at Yonsei University, majored in science of public administr...
Beryl YAN
FACULTYMIPACADEMY SingaporeS - Z
Beryl is Senior Manager of Program Strategy Dept. at R & D Center, Hunan TV, one of the most wat...
Avi ARMOZA
A - FADVISORY BOARDGAME SHOWS & GAMINGNegotiating Deals 2016THE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2017THE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2018The FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2019
Avi is one of Israel's leading film and television producers, with extensive experience in the field...
Rob CLARK
A - FFACULTYMIPACADEMY Singapore
Rob Clark is Director of Global Entertainment Development at FremantleMedia.Rob is responsible for s...
Kyle MacDONALD
FACULTYM - RPitch Club | Class 2014REALITY & FACTUAL
Kyle MacDonald has planted more than one hundred thousand trees, delivered more than one thousand p...
David NAHMANI
FACULTYM - RREALITY & FACTUAL
David is Director of Business Development and Partnerships within Orange France Telecom.He is part o...
Tinet RUBIRA CASTELLÀ
A - FFACULTY
Tinet Rubira Castella is the General Manager of Gestmusic Endemol and creator of Your Face Sounds Fa...
Maria PINILLA
FACULTYM - RREALITY & FACTUAL
Maria Pinilla is Director of International and Acquisitions at Endemol Spain.With a background in b...
Matthias PUSCHMANN
DEVELOPING FORMATSDeveloping Formats 2015DTPEntertainment AcademyFACULTYMIPACADEMY ChinaPITCHING 2017REALITY & FACTUALRunning Shows 2015RUNNING SHOWS 2016S - Z
Matthias Puschmann is Co-Founder and Managing Director of VAST MEDIA, a Berlin-based media consultan...
Gary CARTER
A - FADVISORY BOARDEntertainment AcademyFACULTYNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaREALITY & FACTUAL
Gary Carter was an actor in his native South Africa, before moving to Britain in the 1980s, where he...
Wayne GARVIE
Developing Formats 2015Developing Formats 2016DTPEntertainment AcademyENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTYG - LPitch Club | Mentor
Wayne Garvie is Chief Creative Officer for Sony Pictures Television International Production. His ...
Karsten DUSSE
A - FCOMEDY 2013FACULTY
Karsten Dusse has been writing comedy since 1996. He worked for shows like „RTL-Samstag-Nacht“ (...
Aaron KOBLIN
ENTREPRENEUR
Aaron Koblin is an American digital media artist best known for his innovative uses of data v...
Peter VESTERBACKA
ENTREPRENEURGAME SHOWS & GAMINGPitch Club | Mentor
Peter Vesterbacka is the Mighty Eagle of Rovio Mobile, the creator of the wildly successful Angry Bi...
Alison RAYSON
COMEDY 2013FACULTYM - R
Alison Rayson is one of the industry’s leading Rights Experts and Deal Makers. She has spent 20 ye...
Mike MORLEY
FACULTYM - R
Mike Morley is a 20 year TV veteran having won a host of international programming honours including...
Jimmy MULVILLE
FACULTYM - R
Jimmy Mulville was one of the founders of Hat Trick Productions in 1986 and since then has seen it g...
Julie BRISTOW
ADVISORY BOARDDTPFACULTYPitch Club | Mentor
Before founding Bristow Global Media in 2013, Julie Bristow has been Executive Director of Studio an...
Tim VAN AELST
ALUMNICLASS 2009Pitch Club | Class 2014
Tim is a Rose D’Or and International Emmy award winning TV producer, director, and creator.Tim sta...
Hakon MOSLET
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Håkon has been working in media since the age of 16. He started as a journalist in local newspapers...
Ole HEDEMANN
ALUMNICLASS 2012FACULTYG - LThe FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2019The SHOWRUNNER MASTER CLASS 2019
Ole (born 1960) works as a content developer and Head of Formats at NRK – the Norwegian Broadcasti...
Ann Christin SILJAN
ALUMNICLASS 2011MIPACADEMY MOSCOWMIPACADEMY Singapore
Ann Christin has been a producer/executive producer at Norwegian Zodiak company Mastiff for 10 years...
Andreas BAKKA HJERTØ
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Andreas started his career early as a children’s TV-host at the age of 14. He continued to work in...
Tessa SPROULE
ALUMNICLASS 2008Pitch Club | Class 2014
Tessa Sproule oversees the production of interactive content for shows like “Dragons' Den”, “M...
Jo Ann STRAUSS
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Jo-Ann has been involved in the media industry for over 12 years, starting as a presenter on South A...
Åse Marie BENDIKSEN
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Åse Marie Bendiksen began work as programme director of Norwegian channel TV3 and Viasat4 at the be...
Nicky GREENWALL
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Nicky Greenwall began her career in 2002 as the dedicated entertainment news reporter for South Afri...
Steve BLAME
A - FCLASS 2008FACULTYPITCHING IDEAS 2015
Steve Blame is the Co-Creator of Where is the Money? (Eyeworks/2STV) which was nominated for a Rose ...
Mihal BREZIS
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Since its establishment in 2005, Mihal Brezis has served as VP of International at Armoza Formats, a...
Vanessa POMBO
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Vanessa Pombo is the Vice President of Univision Studios. She supervises the production and co-pro...
Amani MOUSA
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Amani started her passion for tv and music since her early school days watching her father working a...
Dana MLADIN
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Dana grew up in television ever since she was 3 years old, when she was chosen to appear in children...
Solangelee MOLINA
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Solangelee began her media carrier in 1996 in Puerto Rico and later joined the Univision family in S...
Osmantan ERKIR
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Osmantan was born in Turkey in 1973 and finished his primary and secondary education in a French s...
Tang YEOW
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Born and raised in Singapore, Tang Yeow studied Communication Studies in Nanyang Technological Unive...
Uwe VON GRAFENSTEIN
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Uwe is one of the two managing partners of Munich based tv production company SEO Entertainment. The...
Martin STACHEL
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Born and raised in Germany, Martin studied media science in Siegen where he graduated with diploma i...
Viktoria SCHULZHENKO
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Viktoria graduated in Business Administration in American International University, she started to w...
Grazyna KRUPA
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Grazyna Krupawas appointed Executive in Charge of Production with CBC TV Factual Entertainment a yea...
Ivar Ragne JENSSEN
ADVISORY BOARDALUMNICLASS 2011
Ivar is responsible for the development of new in-house produced content on all platforms (TV, Radio...
Daniel RAVNER
ALUMNICLASS 2010COPENHAGEN TV FESTIVALGAME SHOWS & GAMING
Daniel is Founder and CEO of Practical Innovation - a cross media powerhouse providing creative, tra...
Augustas GIRDVAINIS
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Graduated with honors from Concordia International University in Estonia with a Bachelor of Fine Art...
Markus DAVIES
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Markus Davies started his film and television career in 1994. Over the past 16 years he has produc...
Nomin CHINBAT
ALUMNICLASS 2011Creativity In The Steppes
Born and raised in Mongolia, Nomin studied Economics with Accountancy in England where she graduated...
Aline AVEDIKIAN
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Aline Avedikian graduated in 2004 with a Master I from Paris 8 University in France where she studie...
Amanda ANNAN
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Born in London Amanda Annan is a TV host , producer and philanthropist, after having a successful mo...
Anda ACKX
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Anda Ackx lives near Brussels in Belgium. During her studies 'Communication management and journalis...
Sabah WAHBE
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Director of Development and Formats Sabah Wahbe (born 1971) began working at Hans Meiser's company c...
Eli UZAN
CLASS 2010GAME SHOWS & GAMINGMIPACADEMY MOSCOWNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMedia
Eli founded The Box, one of Israel's leading content and new media companies, at the young age of 21...
Michelle McLIN
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Michelle McLin is originally from Northern Virginia outside of Washington, D.C. and is currently bas...
Donald CLARKE
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Donald Clarke graduated from Rhodes University in South Africa with a Degree in Television Journalis...
Lebone MAEMA
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Currently Channel Manager of Mzansi Magic, an M-Net entertainment Channel broadcasting from Johannes...
Marcelo FLORES
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Film director and creative freelancer. His latest idea was finalist in the Content 360 contest a...
Tomáš Baldýnský
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Work Experience:since 2005 member of the team of storyliners of Ulice, long-running...
Uwe SCHLINDWEIN
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Creative Director Uwe Schlindwein joined Granada in 2004.After his apprenticeship as a Certified Adv...
Anke MOUTON
ALUMNICLASS 2010
After having studied history and having acquired a postgraduate in journalism, Anke Mouton took her ...
Eugenia COONEY
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Graduating with BA Honours in Media Studies from the University of Ulster, Eugenia Cooney was hired ...
Francesco CARIONE
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Francesco started his career in management consulting first at McKinsey & co. than at Bain &...
Augusta LAZAROV
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Innovation is Augusta's passion. Her specialty is the entertainment genre. Her experience includes T...
Yan HE
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Yan He graduated in 1987 from the University of Hangzhou in China where she studied German Language ...
Miroslava ADAMOVA
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Miroslava has been Executive Producer for projects such as Czech Miss, Czech Nightingale, Miss Cze...
Tom SCHMIDLIN
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Tom Schmidlin is one of the Chief Editors / Producers of the Entertainment Departement of SF (Swiss ...
Alex Il KYONG OE
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Il Kyong (Alex) Oe started acquisition in 2002 working under KM Holdings and Home Choice Corp. He ha...
Koen LIEVENS
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Koen Lievens is a senior producer at VRT, the Flemish Public broadcaster.Before he engaged in this j...
Eoin KAVANAGH
ALUMNICLASS 2009
An honours graduate from Dublin City University with a BA in Communication Studies, Producer Eoin Ka...
Andrew WOOD
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Following two years working with major television broadcasters across Europe, Andy is now Managing D...
Mikko SILVENNOINEN
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Storytelling is Mikko's passion. His specialty is the unique combination of experience in content an...
Erland ØVERBY
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Erland Øverby started his professional career in Television in 1999 as a director and producer of d...
Olufemi AYENI
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Olufemi (Femi) Ayeni is a media entrepreneur and has been a leader in Nigeria’s television industr...
Robin WEIJERS
ALUMNICLASS 2008
EducationTechnical University of Delft, 1990, M.Sc. in Electrical EngineeringNIMA Marketing D...
Dries VERHAEGE
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Production assistant at Tubbax TV, Nonkel Pop (popquiz for VRT/Canvas)Junior producer at Endemol Bel...
Linda UJUK
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Linda’s greatest passion is entertainment. Nothing brings greater pleasure to Linda than seeing an...
Doroteja ROSCIC
ALUMNICLASS 2008
EducationMaster´s Degree (Magistra Philosophiae) in Comparative Literary Studies and German ...
Sébastien PETIOT
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Work Experience2007 - Present TF1, French TV-Series and Non-scripted Programs DepartmentForma...
Werner LACKNER
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Work Experience1996 - 1998 Süddeutsche Zeitung,Practical training and freelancer1998 - 2000 ...
James KENNEALY
ALUMNICLASS 2008
James Kenneally currently works as a multi- camera television director / editor, involved in music, ...
Nataliya GEROVSKA
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Education Kiev National Shevchenko University, foreign philologyWork Experience2007–...
Axel BOEHM
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Work Experience3/05 – Present SevenOne International GmbH, International Sales Ma...
Dr. Michael HEIKS
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Michael loves to transfer ideas into programme reality: Bringing the right people together, striping...
Christian MUNDER
COMEDY 2013ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTYM - RPITCHING IDEASPITCHING IDEAS 2015RUNNING SHOWS 2016
Christian Munder began his TV career in 1993 working in the Sitcom/Comedy Development Department at ...
Victoriya LIEZINA-MASLIANA
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Victoriya Liezina-Maslyana is a successful media manager. She started her television career in 1999....
Hakim NAZRI
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Hakim’s interest in TV & media in general started very early, thanks to fascination with shows...
Olena IEREMIEIEVA
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Olena Ieremieieyeva has been working in television since 1999. In her experience she went from a jou...
Arik KERMAN
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Arik is a seasoned media executive with experience in both the managerial and production aspects of ...
Martin JONDAHL
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Martin started his career in Schibested as a trainee. He then joined the team at VG and has been wor...
Marius HOEL
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Marius Hoel (42) started working as a freelancer for independent film production companies in 1990, ...
Tobias SCHULZE
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Tobias Schulze graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science from BITS (Business and Technology Schoo...
Randi HELLAND
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Randi was born in Bergen on the westcoast of Norway. She started her career in 1993 as a freelance r...
Wim JANSSEN
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Since he arrived at VRT, 4 years ago, Wim is working as an executive producer for the daily soap, TH...
Taeho SUNG
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Taeho was born and raised up in Seoul, South Korea and had a chance to study at the graduate school ...
Semira BEN AMOR
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Semira wanted to be a lighting designer, but found herself hosting a nationwide radio-show. From the...
Gergely ÖKRÖS
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Gergely was a participant in a children’s TV show 25 years ago in his small Hungarian hometown. Fr...
Isabelle FEDYK
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Isabelle runs the marketing department of Red Arrow International (formerly SevenOne International),...
Mariana DIMITROVA
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Mariana was born in Sofia to a Serbian mother and a Bulgarian father. Her professional history sta...
Richard BOLAND
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Richard has always had a great passion for all forms of media entertainment – stemming from early ...
Jan M. SCHOLZ
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Jan M. Scholz studied film at the New York Film Academy and School of Visual Arts in New York City a...
Orlaith CARMODY
ALUMNICLASS 2010
After a career in broadcast journalism with several independent radio stations and then RTE, Orlaith...
José MACHADO
ALUMNICLASS 2012
José Machado has worked mainly in content research, production and broadcasting in Portuguese-speak...
Ben SCHNEIDER
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Ben’s experience spans from developing and producing documentaries, television formats, live enter...
Ray YEH
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Ray Yeh began his career in the media while still in school, moonlighting as a wedding videographer ...
Swee YI TANG
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Tang Swee Yi is a Producer and Video Editor currently working for MediaCorp Pte Ltd. She started off...
Apollo ZAKE
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Apollo Zake is a Senior Creative Producer at Endemol South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa where his m...
Adi SINGER
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Adi Singer's background includes web content writing, marketing and PR for startup companies. While ...
Zaheer GOODMAN-BHYAT
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat is an award-winning producer who works at the highest level internationally. Hi...
Anton LEO
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Anton Leo came to WestWind Pictures from Just For Laughs where he was Vice-President o...
Jan MAXA
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Jan Maxa’s mission in life is to make creativity and business work together. He has a track record...
Manuel CRISTÓBAL
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Manuel has produced seven feature films for the international market since 2005, five of them animat...
Rune OBRESTAD
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Rune Obrestad founded the independent production company STORYTELLER in 2001, and has since p...
Christina REZK RESAR
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Christina Rezk Resar received her BA from the University of Oslo, and graduated with an MA in Televi...
Anna-Maria TRENEVA
ALUMNICLASS 2008MIPACADEMY MOSCOW
Anna-Maria Treneva was appointed as Head of New Media in July 2011. She joined СTC Media in July 20...
Sven SCHNELL
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Sven Schnell is a movie producer with his company make a move based in Stuttgart and London. ...
Martin CREHAN
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Martin Crehan is a freelance Development Producer based between Dublin and London. He has 10 years o...
Gregory ODUTAYO
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Greg is a leading producer / director based in and working out of Nigeria. He is the owner and Manag...
Yong-Woo LEE
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Yong-Woo Lee launched HiCC Media in January of 2009 after nearly two decades as Chief Producer of En...
Nicholas FEUSTEL
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Nicholas is the managing director and owner of German production company georgetown media. Af...
Dee ELLIS
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Dee Ellis has been working in TV production for 10 years, working her way up from runner to producer...
Vanessa HICK
ALUMNICLASS 2012
After studying journalism, Vanessa Hick gained her first experience at the regional televison channe...
Thea Misvær
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Thea Misvaer started her professional career in Television in 2003.She has worked as a producer for ...
Jin Woo HWANG
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Jin Woo Hwang has been a producer and director for 13 years. He is currently in charge of R&D de...
Allan NOVAK
ALUMNICLASS 2009FACULTYM - R
Allan Novak is a creator and media executive with a passion for bringing innovative and entertaining...
Jeremy COOKE
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Jeremy Cooke has 30 years of experience in the computer games industry – across distribution and p...
Shahila HARUN SHAH
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Shahila Harun Shah's interests lie in developing content for local and international audiences.Her t...
Heli KOSKELA
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Heli Koskela creates and produces original TV formats and ITV formats for all major networks in Finl...
Iryna KOSTYUK
ALUMNICLASS 2012
In 2001, Iryna Kostyuk received her BA in Business Administration from Vienna International Universi...
Khairul MIZAN
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Khairul Mizan is the Vice President of Astro’s Content Development Unit.Khairul’s vast experie...
Anthony NILAN
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Specialising in entertainment television, Anthony Nilan is a freelance producer based in Ireland. Af...
Ralph SIEBENALER
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Ralph Siebenaler began his career in the Strategy and Business Development division of RTL Group whe...
Lillian Vatnøy
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Lillian Vatnøy is a senior communications advisor and project manager at TVNorge. Professionally, s...
Andy MURROW
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Andy Murrow is the founder and head of Last Ditch Television which is an independent UK busin...
Ilse ROBION
ALUMNICLASS 2008
After her career as a professional swimmer, Ilse Robion (MA Communication) started her professional ...
Dominique Lars ZIESEMER
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Dominique Lars Ziesemer has been a format developer since 2000, when he designed Watch it? (Wer hat'...
Steffen KAMPP
ALUMNICLASS 2009
With a background in Film & Media Science and having worked at various production companies sinc...
Bernadine CARRAHER
ALUMNICLASS 2008
A Science and Business graduate, Bernadine Carraher has operated at Executive and Board level for th...
Jarl DEVINE
ALUMNICLASS 2009
Jarl Devine’s work in format development has lead to deals with Talpa USA, Banijay International a...
Margarete MOSER
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Margarete Moser studied philosophy, dramatics and art history at the University of Vienna, Austria, ...
Jan Michiel DEN BOOGERT
ALUMNICLASS 2009
In over 10 years with Endemol, Jan Michiel has directed a diverse variety of formats ranging from Ga...
Grigor STEWART
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Grigor started his career at the BBC in London in Film Editing in the mid 80's and following that he...
Shakira HOFFMANN
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Shakira Hoffman’s career began in 2008 when she joined The Walt Disney Company. There she gained i...
Yunjae YU
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Yunjae Yu is a producer and director with extensive experience in the fields of variety, game show, ...
Ruben BRAEKEVELT
ALUMNICLASS 2012
After graduating as a director at the Brussels Film and Television School, Ruben Braekevelt started ...
Juan Carlos CARREDANO
ALUMNICLASS 2008
Juan Carlos began his career coordinating the production of the Teleton with Televisa, one of the la...
David VAN DYCK
ALUMNICLASS 2011
David van Dyck started his career in television working for private production companies such as Tel...
Julie HALL
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Julie Hall worked as an actress, broadcaster and advertising copywriter before moving into TV script...
Juliette SQUAIR
Developing Formats 2015
Juliette joined Audio Network at its inception in 2002 to spearhead the company’s growth and profi...
Sigmund FALCH
ALUMNICLASS 2012
Sigmund Falch began working freelance, as a comedy-writer in television and radio in 1988. He has si...
Rebecca ROTH
EMC
After she had finished her studies in Germany and New Zealand, Rebecca started out working at the ne...
Pjotr FAJKS
ALUMNICLASS 2009
:: 2006 to present, Chief Executive Officer, TV4, Polskie Media S.A.:: 2004 to 2006, Manag...
Roek LIPS
Roek Lips (born in 1961) has been channel manager for the Dutch public broadcaster since November 20...
Klaus KEIL
Klaus Keil is professor for “Interdisciplinary Media Economy” at the Academy of Film and Televis...
Daniela MATEI
ADVISORY BOARDTHE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2017THE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2018
Daniela Matei has accumulated over 18 years experience as an executive in various media industry rel...
Martin Otegui PINEYRUA
ALUMNICLASS 2011
Martín Oteui Piñeyrúa is a young showrunner, producer and screenwriter born in Montevideo, Urugua...
Farrell MEISEL
Farrell is a veteran international broadcast and new media executive, with 30 years of multi-depart...
Martin HOFFMANN
ADVISORY BOARDFACULTY
Martin Hoffmann was born in Nussloch, near Heidelberg, in 1959. He studied law at the Universities o...
Colman HUTCHINSON
ADVISORY BOARDFACULTYGAME SHOWS & GAMING
Colman Hutchinson began his TV career with Irish national broadcaster RTE before spending five years...
Roy ACKERMAN
A - FFACULTY
Roy Ackerman is Managing Director of Fresh One Productions, the campaigning, multi-genre company fou...
Alan BOYD
A - FADVISORY BOARDFACULTYNegotiating Deals 2015REALITY & FACTUAL
Alan began his television career at the BBC, where he quickly became a producer/director in Entertai...
Henrik ARMAH
A - FFACULTYREALITY & FACTUAL
Henrik is a Senior Associate in the Media, Communications and Technology Sector Group and part of ou...
Sarah AUSTIN
A - FFACULTY
ExperienceFounder and CEO of Pop17.comFebruary 2008 Feb. 2008 to present Pop17 New York, New YorkPro...
Humphrey BARCLAY
A - FCOMEDY 2013FACULTY
Between 1967 and 2000 Humphrey Barclay was one of the UK’s most prolific and innovative producers ...
Winston BINCH
A - FFACULTY
Winston Binch is a Partner at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, in Boulder, Colorado, where he's responsible...
Paul BOROSS
A - FCOMEDY 2013Developing Formats 2016FACULTYMIPACADEMY MOSCOWThe SHOWRUNNER MASTER CLASS 2019
The Pitch Doctor is Paul Boross — psychologist, author, performer, NLP expert, corporate strategis...
David BRIGGS
A - FFACULTYGAME SHOWS & GAMING
David Briggs, born in Wales in 1949, began his career as a journalist working in newspapers and maga...
Brooke BRODACK
A - FFACULTY
Brooke Allison "Brookers" Brodack is a creative individual but most well know at the moment as a vir...
Philippe BRODEUR
A - FFACULTY
Philippe Brodeur is one of the few television executives who moved into online TV without having to ...
Scott BRUN
A - FFACULTY
Scott Brun has been a part of Scripps Networks Interactive for over 10 years. He began his tenure wi...
John BRUNTON
A - FFACULTY
A natural-born storyteller, Brunton is now celebrating his thirty-first anniversary at the helm of I...
Frank CHINDAMO
A - FFACULTY
Frank Chindamo is the President and Chief Creative Officer of Fun Little Movies. In 2006 and 2007, F...
Nino CIRONE
A - FFACULTYREALITY & FACTUALRUNNING SHOWS 2016
Canadian by birth, Nino arrived in the UK in 1989 and began doing audience and programme testing for...
Jonathan COAD
A - FFACULTY
Jonathan Coad heads the litigation department at Swan Turton. He specialises in intellectual propert...
John KAYE COOPER
FACULTYG - L
John Kaye Cooper started his distinguished career with Scottish Television in 1967, moving on to Tha...
Tim CRESCENTI
A - FFACULTYGAME SHOWS & GAMING
Tim Crescenti founded Small World IFT in August 2005 with his wife, Colleen, and in just eight years...
Roberta DURRANT
A - FFACULTY
Roberta Durrant is a creative director/producer of television and film. She has created and directed...
Danny FENTON
A - FDeveloping Formats 2016FACULTYGAME SHOWS & GAMINGNEGOTIATING DEALS / C21's FutureMediaPITCHING IDEASPITCHING IDEAS 2015THE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2018
Danny Fenton launched Zig Zag Productions in 1999 as Managing Director after having spent 10 years i...
Jill FRANKLIN
A - FFACULTY
Jill Franklin is Managing Director of Franklin Rae, one of the UK’s most well-respected specialist...
Jeremy GAWADE
FACULTYG - L
Jeremy Gawade has over 25 years experience in the film and TV sectors. He founded Lee & Thompson...
Chris GELETNEKY
FACULTYG - L
Chris Geletneky has been a freelancer at Brainpool TV since 2001. In August 2007, Chris became Vice ...
Daniel GELFANT
FACULTYG - L
Daniel was hatched telling stories. As a child, he would hold court at the family dinner table with ...
Patty GENESTE
FACULTYG - L
Patty Geneste (1962) started her professional career in television at MTV Networks. Via the first Du...
Paul GILBERT
FACULTYG - L
In August 2007, Paul Gilbert has been named Senior Vice President, International Formats, CBS Paramo...
Jonathan GLAZIER
FACULTY
Jonathan’s career spans 30 years directing and producing some of the top entertainment shows in th...
David GOOD
ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTFACULTYG - L
Dr David Good is a psychologist who has broad interests in human interaction and the consequences wh...
Chris GOSS
FACULTYG - L
Chris Goss is the founder and CTO of ionoco, a UK based company specialising in the provision of the...
David GRAHAM
FACULTYG - L
David formed David Graham & Associates (DGA) in 1990 to develop data and research services for i...
Tony GREGORY
FACULTYG - LREALITY & FACTUALRUNNING SHOWS 2016
Tony Gregory is one of Europe’s leading entertainment, event and music television directors. He ...
Ben HALL
Developing Formats 2016Entertainment AcademyFACULTYG - LMIPACADEMY ChinaMIPACADEMY MOSCOWMIPACADEMY SingaporePitch Club | MentorPITCHING 2016PITCHING IDEASPITCHING IDEAS 2015REALITY & FACTUALTHE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2017THE FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2018The FORMAT MASTER CLASS 2019
Ben is currently consultant Head of Formats at Motion Content Group. Motion is the production fundin...
Tony HUMPHREYS
COMEDY 2013FACULTY
Read Drama at the University of Exeter. After graduating in 1979 he ran a touring theatre company ac...
Phil KEOGHAN
FACULTYG - L
Phil Keoghan is best known for his role as host of Jerry Bruckheimer’s television show, The Amazin...
Stephen LEAHY
FACULTYG - L
Born 30.05.49, Stephen Leahy's television career has seen him rise to the unchallengeable position o...
Philip LIVINGSTONE
FACULTYG - L
Philip first joined Sony Pictures Television International in 2003 as Executive Director Worldwide F...
Billy McGRATH
FACULTYM - R
After a decade in the Irish music and comedy industries, Dublin born Billy McGrath trained as a TV p...
Paul McKENZIE
FACULTYM - R
Paul McKenzie is a writer / producer who received his first break over twenty years ago writing on C...
Richard McKERROW
FACULTYM - R
Richard McKerrow started as a journalist on The Nation magazine in New York before joining Yorkshire...
Philip MORROW
FACULTYM - R
Phil Morrow is Managing Director of Wild Rover Productions - a specialist provider of global enterta...
Marcus MORTIMER
FACULTYM - R
Marcus is presently developing a new comedy with writing legend David Renwick (One Foot in the Grave...
Julian NEWBY
FACULTYM - R
Julian Newby was educated at the University of London, which he left with an Honours degree in Commu...
Guy O’SULLIVAN
FACULTYM - R
Making proper television has been the goal of company President, Guy O’Sullivan since opening the ...
Anita ONDINE
FACULTYM - R
Anita Ondine grew up in a creative household, where storytelling was a normal part of everyday life....
Mark PATTERSON
FACULTYM - R
With a background in advertising, Mark Patterson is working within the fields of concept development...
Jon PLOWMAN
FACULTYM - R
After graduating from Oxford University Jon's career began in theatre at the Royal Court where he wa...
Doug SCOTT
FACULTYS - Z
Doug Scott is the President of OgilvyEntertainment, where he has, since June 2006, been developing a...
Stefano SEMERIA
FACULTYS - Z
In 1999, after studies in law, cultural studies, European ethnology, Stefano Semeria graduated in au...
Caroline SERVY
FACULTYS - Z
Caroline Servy is the managing director of The WIT, World Information Tracking, the leading agency s...
Simon BRICKLE
A - FFACULTY
A Cambridge-educated software engineer, Simon oversees all aspects of Monterosa’s output and corpo...
Karoline SPODSBERG
FACULTYPitch Club | MentorPITCHING 2016S - Z
After graduating from university with a Masters degree in International Sales and Marketing, Karolin...
Charles THOMPSON
FACULTYREALITY & FACTUALS - Z
Charles Thompson has been one of the UK's most successful television producers for many years, with ...
Saku TUOMINEN
DTPEntertainment AcademyFACULTYREALITY & FACTUALS - Z
Saku Tuominen founded Broadcasters, the leading Finnish tv-production company together with Juha Tyn...
Beryl VERTUE
COMEDY 2013FACULTYS - Z
One of Britain's most respected producers, Beryl Vertue has an enviable track record of internationa...
Henning WEHN
FACULTYS - Z
Since winning the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2005, German born Henning has fast become a ...
Nathalie WOGUE
FACULTYS - Z
Nathalie Wogue's breadth of experience makes her an expert at spotting, acquiring, creating and adap...
Teut WEIDEMANN
FACULTYS - Z
Teut Weidemann has been working in the professional gaming Industry since 1987. He already started w...
Ulrich WEINBERG
FACULTYS - Z
Studied fine arts and design at the Academies of Fine Arts in Munich and Berlin. 1980 to 1986 freela...
Lee WALTERS
FACULTYS - Z
Lee Walters was educated at the University of Guildford, Surrey, where he achieved First-class Honou...
Maia TUBIANA
FACULTYS - Z
MaïaTubiana is Executive Producer of the Moonscoop’s productions for Europe. She oversees the dev...
Caroline TORRANCE
FACULTYS - Z
Caroline Torrance is the Director of Investment at BBC Worldwide. She leads the Content Acquisitions...
Robert STAPLEDON
FACULTYS - Z
Rob looks after a portfolio of UK based Commercial Clients in the Film and TV sector leading a team ...
David SLOCUM
ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT 2018FACULTYREALITY & FACTUALS - Z
David Slocum is the Faculty Director of the Berlin School of Creative Leadership (Steinbeis Universi...
Jan SALLING
FACULTYS - Z
Jan Salling started his TV career almost 25 years ago at Nordisk Film in Copenhagen, where he served...
Stephen PRICE
FACULTYM - RREALITY & FACTUAL
Stephen’s most recent TV role was as Controller of ITV1 Peak Time Scheduling at Europe’s largest...
Richard LEVAK
FACULTYG - L
Upon completing his university education in England, Dr. Richard Levak moved to San Diego, Californi...
Keri LEWIS BROWN
COMEDY 2013FACULTYG - LGAME SHOWS & GAMINGREALITY & FACTUAL
Keri Lewis Brown was educated at the University of York, where she read English and Related Literatu...
Nicola LEES
FACULTYG - L
Nicola Lees has worked in the television industry – in London and New York - for thirteen years. S...
Geoff POSNER
COMEDY 2013ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENTENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT 2018FACULTYM - RRunning Shows 2015Showrunner Master Class 2017
Geoff Posner started directing at the BBC in the early 1980s. His first two programmes were Not The ...
HAMILTON / JENKIN
FACULTYG - L
Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin first met in the late 1970s at BBC Radio and have been writing together...
John GOUGH
Developing Formats 2015EMCGAME SHOWS & GAMINGPITCHING IDEAS
In his early career, John was a teacher, an author, a designer of educational resources for the UK...
Claire ZOLKWER
COMEDY 2013FACULTYS - Z
Claire Zolkwer joined ITV in August 2007 where she was the commissioning editor for the digital chan...
Barbara SLADE
COMEDY 2013FACULTY
Barbara Slade is a writer, creator and producer of children’s and family entertainment. Based in L...
David RIPERT
David Ripert is the Head of YouTube Next Lab, EMEA. Previously, Ripert was the Head of Content and D...
Brad BURNSIDE
Brad Burnside, Head of Television at Audio Network, started his career after Film and Journalism sch...
Michal BEN-DAVID
ALUMNICLASS 2009FACULTY
Michal is a format creator and TV producer specializing in the fields of Reality, Factual, and Enter...
Delia DOBRITOIU
ALUMNICLASS 2010
Delia Dobritoiu began working in television as a director for one of Romania’s commercial TV stati...
Eric WAHLFORSS
ENTREPRENEURPitch Club | Class 2014
Eric Wahlforss is founder and CTO of SoundCloud, the world’s leading sound platform that enables a...
Larry BASS
ADVISORY BOARDCOPENHAGEN TV FESTIVALFACULTY
In 1999 Larry established ShinAwiL Productions Ltd where he acted as Managing Director for 3 years, ...
Paul JACKSON
ADVISORY BOARDCOMEDY 2013Creativity In The SteppesENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT
Paul Jackson has just taken up the role of Creative Director at Houghton Street Media, a Beijing bas...