Faculty
The DFFB’s rich network of industry contacts has enabled SERIAL EYES to secure highly respected scriptwriters, producers, directors and commissioning editors as instructors and guest lecturers. Top US and European showrunners are invited to lead workshops drawing on their particular expertise, while master classes and hands-on modules concentrate on the scriptwriting process and other vital aspects of serial production – always with a practical focus.
Core Tutors
Instructors
Eszter Angyalosy
Writer, Story Editor (Hungary)
György Baráthy
Writer
Nira Bozkurt
Writer–Producer–Director
Jana Burbach
Writer (Germany)
Maria Cervera
Head of Content (Spain)
Katharina Domnick
Lawyer (Germany)
Timo Gößler
Lecturer, Dramaturge, Author
Ben Harris
Writer and Producer (UK)
Karin Heisecke
Senior Advisor (Germany)
Daniel Hendler
Writer (US, Germany)
Kirsten Ittershagen
Writer (Germany)
Gabor Krigler
Writer, Showrunner (Hungary)
Steve Matthews
Joint Head of Scripted, Creative (UK)
Nicola Lusuardi
Writer, Producer (Italy)
Maggie Murphy
Co-head of Shaftesbury U.S., (USA)
Isaure Pisani-Ferry
Writer (France/Germany)
Kelly Souders
Showrunner/Executive Producer (UK)
Jo Strevens
Executive Producer (UK)
Klaus Zimmermann
Managing Partner, Dynamic Television (Germany/ France)
Mentors
Tanja Bubbel
Writer/Creator (Germany)
Bob Konrad
Writer, Producer (Germany)
Jana Burbach
Writer (Germany)
Ben Harris
Writer and Producer (UK)
Daniel Hendler
Writer (US, Germany)
Kirsten Ittershagen
Writer (Germany)
Samuel Jefferson
Writer (UK)
Richard Kropf
Writer, Producer (Germany)
Malina Nnendi Nwabuonwor
Writer (Austria, Germany)
Elizabeth Schub Kamir
Writer (France, US)
Sabine Steyer-Violet
Writer, Producer (Germany)
Jo Strevens
Executive Producer (UK)
Special Guest Speakers
Adrian Banyard
Senior Development Producer (UK)
Daniela Baumgärtl
Writer (Germany)
Jan Bennemann
Creative Executive, Netflix (Germany)
Paolo Ciccarelli
International Scripted Advisor & Head of Drama, MIA (Italy)
Sarah Dollard
Writer (UK)
Sara Collins
Novelist, Screenwriter, Broadcaster (UK)
Jantje Friese
Showrunner (Germany)
Morgan Gendel
Writer, Producer (US)
Felice Götze
Writer
Jeppe Gjervig Gram
Showrunner (Denmark)
Susannah Grant
Screenwriter, Director and Producer (USA)
Piodor Gustafsson
Producer Black Spark Film & TV AB, Rainy Days Productions AB (Sweden)
Hanno Hackfort
Writer, Producer (Germany)
Charles Harrison
International Scripted Format Producer (UK)
Anthony Khaseria
Writer (UK)
Nataly Kudiabor
Producer/CEO UFA Fiction (Germany)
Dominique Jubin
Producer, Studiocanal Original (France)
Corinne Le Hong
Writer, Director, Translator (Amsterdam / Cologne)
Alexander Lindh
Writer (Germany/Finland/Sweden)
Richie Mehta
Writer, Director (Canada)
Verena Michl
Lego Serious Play Facilitator (Germany)
Nish Panchal
Agent (UK)
Julia Penner
Writer (Germany)
Lucy Rawlinson
Head of Development (UK)
Stefanie Ren
Writer (Taiwan, Germany)
Jenny Robins
Head of TV and Film (UK)
Anna Rohde-Seyfried
Beta Film Group, Content Editor (Germany)
Ronnie Sandahl
Screenwriter, Director (Sweden)
Dennis Schanz
Showrunner, Producer (Germany)
Viktoria So Hee Alz
Writer (Germany)
Anna Symon
Writer (UK)
Lucy Ter Berg
Head of Development at TV4 Drama (Sweden)
Jethro Thompson
Agent, Screenwriter (UK)
Selina Ukwuoma
Writer (UK)
Egbert van Wyngaarden
Writer and Professor (Germany)
John Vorhaus
Writer (USA)
Toni Weiss
Regisseur, Drehbuchautor und Story-Consultant (Austria)
Anna Winger
Showrunner (USA, Germany)