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
Daniela Baumgärtl
Writer (Germany)
Daniel Hendler
Writer (US, Germany)
Eszter Angyalosy
Writer, Story Editor (Hungary)
Freya Stewart
Writer (Germany)
Gabor Krigler
Writer, Showrunner (Hungary)
Donna Sharpe
Writer (UK, Germany)
Kirsten Ittershagen
Writer (Germany)
Isaure Pisani-Ferry
Writer (France/Germany)
Klaus Zimmermann
Managing Partner, Dynamic Television (Germany/ France)
Maggie Murphy
Co-head of Shaftesbury U.S., (USA)
Maria Cervera
Producer (Spain)
Markus Walsch
Creative media professional
Morgan Gendel
Writer, Producer (US)
Taç Romey
Professor
Timo Gößler
Lecturer, Dramaturge, Author
Mentors
Bob Konrad
Writer, Producer (Germany)
Daniel Hendler
Writer (US, Germany)
Dennis Schanz
Showrunner, Producer (Germany)
Donna Sharpe
Writer (UK, Germany)
Elizabeth Schub Kamir
Writer (France, US)
Hanno Hackfort
Writer, Producer (Germany)
Kirsten Ittershagen
Writer (Germany)
Kirsten Loose
Writer (Germany)
Isaure Pisani-Ferry
Writer (France/Germany)
Richard Kropf
Writer, Producer (Germany)
Stefanie Ren
Writer (Taiwan, Germany)
Sabine Steyer-Violet
Writer, Producer (Germany)
Special Guest Speakers
Alexander Lindh
Writer (Germany/Finland/Sweden)
Anna Rohde-Seyfried
Beta Film Group, Content Editor (Germany)
Anna Winger
Showrunner (USA, Germany)
Ben Harris
Writer and Producer (UK)
Cynthia Okoye
Agent (UK)
Derek Wax
Director/Producer (UK)
Dominique Jubin
Producer, Studiocanal Original (France)
Egbert van Wyngaarden
Writer and Professor (Germany)
Hannah Boulton
Agent (UK)
Jan Bennemann
Creative Executive, Netflix (Germany)
Jantje Friese
Showrunner (Germany)
Jennifer Anschütz
Business Affairs Specialist (Germany)
Jeppe Gjervig Gram
Showrunner (Denmark)
Julia Penner
Writer (Germany)
Karin Heisecke
MaLisa Foundation Director (Germany)
Katharina Domnick
Lawyer (Germany)
Katie Williams
Agent (UK)
Katrina Wood
Founder and CEO of MediaXchange (UK)
Kelly Souders
Showrunner/Executive Producer (UK)
Lucy Rawlinson
Head of Development (UK)
Michaela Sabo
Writer (Slovakia)
Nataly Kudiabor
Producer/CEO UFA Fiction (Germany)
Rémi Tereszkiewicz
CEO of Betaseries (France)
Rob Williams
Writer (UK)
Piodor Gustafsson
Producer TV4 (Sweden)
Sarah Dollard
Writer (UK)
Sam Greenwood
Agent (UK)
Samuel Jefferson
Writer (UK)
Steve Matthews
Banijay Content Partnerships Executive / UK
Susannah Grant
Screenwriter, Director and Producer (USA)
Tatjana Samopjan
Creative Development Consultant (Sweden)
Toni Weiss
Regisseur, Drehbuchautor und Story-Consultant (Austria)