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
Maria Cervera
Head of Content (Spain)
Katharina Domnick
Lawyer (Germany)
Sarah Linton
Head of Development
Ben Harris
Writer and Producer (UK)
Freya Stewart
Writer (Germany)
Daniel Hendler
Writer (US, Germany)
Kirsten Ittershagen
Writer (Germany)
Naomi Levari
Producer and Development Executive (Germany / USA / Israel)
Steve Matthews
Joint Head of Scripted, Creative (UK)
Nicola Lusuardi
Writer, Producer (Italy)
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)
Saar Yogev
Producer & Script-Editor
Serial Eyes Buddies
Coming soon
Special Guest Speakers
Emmanuel Eckert
Thomas Disch
Commissioning EditorRTL Television
Amanda Gicharu-Kemoli
TV, Film & Games Writer-Producer
Pierre Puget
Writer & Director
Gerhard Maier
Head Of Programme and Co-Founder of Seriencamp
Samya Hafsaoui
Content Creator & Screenwriter (Netherlands)
Nira Bozkurt
Writer–Producer–Director
Adrian Banyard
Senior Development Producer (UK)
Jan Bennemann
Creative Executive, Netflix (Germany)
Paolo Ciccarelli
International Scripted Advisor & Head of Drama, MIA (Italy)
Sara Collins
Novelist, Screenwriter, Broadcaster (UK)
Jantje Friese
Showrunner (Germany)
Morgan Gendel
Writer, Producer (US)
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)
Richie Mehta
Writer, Director (Canada)
Nish Panchal
Agent (UK)
Lucy Rawlinson
Head of Development (UK)
Jenny Robins
Head of TV and Film (UK)
Timo Gößler
Lecturer, Dramaturge, Author
Ronnie Sandahl
Screenwriter, Director (Sweden)
Karin Heisecke
Senior Advisor (Germany)
Gabor Krigler
Writer, Showrunner (Hungary)
Anna Symon
Writer (UK)
Lucy Ter Berg
Head of Development at TV4 Drama (Sweden)
Jethro Thompson
Agent, Screenwriter (UK)
Selina Ukwuoma
Writer (UK)
Maggie Murphy
Co-head of Shaftesbury U.S., (USA)
Egbert van Wyngaarden
Writer and Professor (Germany)
John Vorhaus
Writer (USA)
Toni Weiss
Regisseur, Drehbuchautor und Story-Consultant (Austria)