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Pansittivorakul, thunska
Thai independent film director, his short films, documentaries and feature films
were screened in over 100 international film festivals. Most recently, he directed The
TerrorisTs which will be screened in this year’s Berlinale Forum. (p.59)
Paul, roman
Co-founder of razor Filmproduktion. he co-produced the oscar-nominated WalTz
WiTh Bashir and Paradise NoW (the Berlinale’s Blue angel award, a Golden Globe
and an european Film award). he also co-produced Cirkus ColuMBia and Miranda
July’s The FuTure; the latter premieres in this year’s Berlinale Competition. (p.46)
Peten, soon-mi
audiovisual consultant before joining the Media Programme in 2000, she specialised
in development support for independent european producers. she continues this
work as selection coordinator within the european Commission‘s education, audiovisual
and Culture executive agency. (p.57)
Pinn, Julian
Chair of both the Bsi and iso Technical Committees on Cinematography, he is re spon
sible for the development of dolby’s motion picture services portfolio. With
fifteen years experience as a dolby consultant for both original and foreign language
movie releases, he is heavily involved with standards-making. (p.54)
Pitts, rafi
iranian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, his short and feature films received
numerous awards at international festivals and are often categorised as films of the
new wave of iranian Cinema. his most recent films iT’s WiNTer and The huNTer were
screened in the Berlinale Competition in 2006 and 2010. (p.64)
rabarts, marten
artistic director of the Binger Filmlab amsterdam, he is a producer and screenwriter
for cinema and TV. he worked for la's Propaganda Films, PolyGram Filmed enter -
tain ment group and Manifesto, and has collaborated with sarah radclyffe, Tim
Bevan and alison owen on films such as derek Jarman's edWard ii. (p.24, 48)
reilhac, michel
Michel reilhac is the executive director of arTe France Cinéma and the director of
film acquisition for arTe France. For Canal+, he made To Be a MaN in 1999, and in
2000 directed keNYa islaNds for arTe. he produced CrY WoMaN, which was in un
Certain regard of the Cannes Film Festival, and The Good old NauGhTY daYs
(which he directed) was presented in the Filmmakers Fortnight. (p.35, 52)
ringel, gian-Piero
German producer, he founded his own film production company ringel in 2004. in
2006 he produced the short film das Mass der diNGe and his first feature film
NaChMiTTaG premiered in the 2007 Berlinale Forum. as managing director of the
company Neue road Movies, he has produced Wim Wender’s PiNa, which features in
this year’s Berlinale. (p.54)
rissenbeek, mariette
Managing director of German Films, she is responsible for public relations and press,
international festivals and “das rendezvous“, an annual German-French film meeting.
her career began at Tobis Filmkunst in Berlin before she started working as a
producer at ziegler Film. independently, she produced hiGhWaY soCieTY by Mika
kaurismäki, among others. (p.46)
rodenkirchen, franz
script advisor and tutor in international workshops and individual project development,
he is based in Berlin. he is head of selection for Torino Film lab, a script
advisor at the Binger Filmlab, where he also teaches script editing to industry professionals.
(p.24)
rodrigue, Jean-louis
Member of the faculty at the uCla school of Theater, Film and Television, his unique
style of acting coaching, movement training and movement design can be seen in
W. with Josh Brolin, huMaN NaTure with Patricia arquette, The aFFair oF The
NeCklaCe with hilary swank, seaBisCuiT with elizabeth Banks and Bee seasoN with
Juliette Binoche. (p.31, 37, 49, 52)
Roginas, Renate
Renate Roginas led, as producer, the international co-production department of
Telfrance. She works as head of studies, lecturer and tutor. She established Villa Kult
in Berlin, a venue and meeting place for international professionals from film, television,
media, radio and the arts. (p.32)
Rommel, PeteR
German producer, whose GRILL POINT by Andreas Dresen won the Silver Bear in
2002. Other films are NIGHT SHAPES, LOST KILLERS and SUMMER IN BERLIN. His 2009
production CLOUD 9 won a German Film Award and WHISKEY WITH VODKA was the
winner of the International Film Festival Karlovy Vary. (p.33, 49)
RoRvik, PeteR
Director of the Durban International Film Festival, a flagship project of the Centre
for Creative Arts, which Rorvik has headed since 1999. He is also the director of
three other major annual festivals produced by the CCA; Time of the Writer, Jomba!
Con temporary Dance Experience and Poetry Africa. (p.37)
Ros, PhiliPPe
Director of photography and digital imaging. He supervised the cinematography in
HOME, Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s feature film from 2009. Ros was cinematographer for
OCEANS, directed by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud, and has worked as tech nical
supervisor of cinematography. (p.26, 47, 51, 65)
Rosenthal, liz
Digital film and media expert, she is the founder and director of Power to the Pixel, a
cross-media company and forum based in London. She also founded Earthly Delight
Films, launched the online animation project “Marsipan” and set up and ran the UK
office for Next Wave Films from 1998 to 2002. (p.52, 57, 59)
Rossellini, isabella
Italian actress, filmmaker and author. Her career is defined by a diverse body of
work, including films such as BLUE VELVET, THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD and
THE SOLITUDE OF PRIME NUMBERS, which was nominated for a Golden Lion at the
Venice Film Festival in 2010. She is this year‘s President of the Berlinale Jury (p.49)
Roy, RajendRa
Chief curator of film at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. From 2004-08, he was
on the Competition Selection Committee of the Berlinale, and continues to serve as
an advisor to the festival. (p.51)
sable, jeRome
Writer, director and composer with credits in stage and film. His film THE LEGEND OF
BEAVER DAM, which he co-directed with Eli Batalion, will be screened at this year’s
Berlinale Generation. Sable co-wrote and directed the short comedy series CRAzY/
SExY/AWKWARD for FremantleMedia, and the musical short MEANWHILE… (p.54)
saltzwedel, daniel
Funding advisor for feature-length documentary films at the Medienboard Berlin-
Brandenburg, he has worked extensively in film production as a production assistant
and subsequently, as a producer at zero Film. (p.46)
samadi ahadi, ali
German filmmaker of Iranian origin. In 2006 his documentary LOST CHILDREN won
the German Film Award. Most recently, he directed the intercultural comedy SALAMI
ALEI KUM. With his documentary THE GREEN WAVE, which features in this year’s German
Cinema-LOLA@Berlinale, he responds to the opposition movement in Iran. (p.64)
schmidt, eRwin m.
German producer, he has been involved in a number of art house films, including
YOU THE LIVING, DERNEL and ORLY. He was line producer for Shirin Neshat’s WOMEN
WITHOUT MEN which won the 2009 Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Since 2008,
he has been working as a 3D producer for Neue Road Movies, co-producing PINA,
which premieres in this year’s Berlinale. (p.37,54)
schoRy, katRiel
Executive director of the Israel Film Fund since 1999, he founded the production
com pany Belfilms and produced over 200 films including award-winning feature
films, TV dramas and international co-productions. (p.28)
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