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
Frank Spotnitz
Showrunner (USA)
Jana Burbach
Writer (Germany)
Sarah-Louise Hawkins
Writer (UK)
Donna Sharpe
Writer (UK, Germany)
Naomi Levari
Producer and Development Executive (Germany / USA / Israel)
Cyril Tysz
Writer, Story editor, Producer (France/USA)
Katrin Merkel
Head of Studies
Instructors
Eszter Angyalosy
Writer, Story Editor (Hungary)
György Baráthy
Writer
Maria Cervera
Head of Content (Spain)
Katharina Domnick
Lawyer (Germany)
Ben Harris
Writer and Producer (UK)
Daniel Hendler
Writer (US, Germany)
Kirsten Ittershagen
Writer (Germany)
Sarah Linton
Head of Development
Nicola Lusuardi
Writer, Producer (Italy)
Steve Matthews
Joint Head of Scripted, Creative (UK)
Isaure Pisani-Ferry
Writer (France/Germany)
Kelly Souders
Showrunner/Executive Producer (UK)
Freya Stewart
Writer (Germany)
Jo Strevens
Executive Producer (UK)
Tobias Voßberg
Attorney-at-law (Germany)
Saar Yogev
Producer & Script-Editor
Klaus Zimmermann
Managing Partner, Dynamic Television (Germany/ France)
Serial Eyes Buddies
Coming soon
Special Guest Speakers
Adrian Banyard
Senior Development Producer (UK)
Jan Bennemann
Creative Executive, Netflix (Germany)
Nira Bozkurt
Writer–Producer–Director
Paolo Ciccarelli
International Scripted Advisor & Head of Drama, MIA (Italy)
Sara Collins
Novelist, Screenwriter, Broadcaster (UK)
Thomas Disch
Commissioning EditorRTL Television
Emmanuel Eckert
Jantje Friese
Showrunner (Germany)
Amanda Gicharu-Kemoli
TV, Film & Games Writer-Producer
Jeppe Gjervig Gram
Showrunner (Denmark)
Piodor Gustafsson
Producer Black Spark Film & TV AB, Rainy Days Productions AB (Sweden)
Timo Gößler
Lecturer, Dramaturge, Author
Morgan Gendel
Writer, Producer (US)
Susannah Grant
Screenwriter, Director and Producer (USA)
Samya Hafsaoui
Content Creator & Screenwriter (Netherlands)
Karin Heisecke
Senior Advisor (Germany)
Hanno Hackfort
Writer, Producer (Germany)
Charles Harrison
International Scripted Format Producer (UK)
Dominique Jubin
Producer, Studiocanal Original (France)
Anthony Khaseria
Writer (UK)
Nataly Kudiabor
Producer/CEO UFA Fiction (Germany)
Corinne Le Hong
Writer, Director, Translator (Amsterdam / Cologne)
Gerhard Maier
Head Of Programme and Co-Founder of Seriencamp
Maggie Murphy
Co-head of Shaftesbury U.S., (USA)
Richie Mehta
Writer, Director (Canada)
Nish Panchal
Agent (UK)
Pierre Puget
Writer & Director
Lucy Rawlinson
Head of Development (UK)
Jenny Robins
Head of TV and Film (UK)
Ronnie Sandahl
Screenwriter, Director (Sweden)
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)
John Vorhaus
Writer (USA)
Toni Weiss
Regisseur, Drehbuchautor und Story-Consultant (Austria)
Egbert van Wyngaarden
Writer and Professor (Germany)