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INDEX OF EXPERTSSUDJIC, DEYAN (p.42) Director at Design Museum, London, he is also an architecturecritic for The Guardian. He works on “The Changing World:Making Cities Work“, a radio series produced by the BBC World Service.He is also active with the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft.SVILIČIĆ, OGNJEN (p.50) Croatian filmmaker, he won the best CroatianMotion Picture Award at the national film festival for WISH I WERE ASHARK. His second film SORRY FOR KUNG FU had its world premiereat the 55th Berlinale Forum and his latest work, ARMIN, will be showcasedat this year’s Berlinale Forum.SZEBEDITS, ERNST (p.17, 51) German independent producer and formerdistributor, he was most recently involved in BAB AZIZ, DARSHANand WRONG SIDE UP. He is a consultant for national and internationalfilm projects and organisations.THOMPSON, DAVID (p.58) Head of BBC Films, the Corporation’s cinematicarm involved with high profile British films of recent years includingthe hugely successful BILLY ELLIOT, MANSFIELD PARK, MAYBE BABYand DIRTY PRETTY THINGS.TYKWER, TOM (p.43) Director of the critically acclaimed RUN LOLA RUN,his other award-winning films include WINTER SLEEPERS, HEAVENand the recent PERFUME – THE STORY OF A MURDERER.VAN MESSEL, ESTHER (p.16, 55) CEO of First Hand Films, Zurich and Berlin,for world sales of documentaries and fiction films, she has also beenthe head of distribution at Warner Bros. Israel. She is a lecturer andconsultant to various organisations such as EAVE Brussels, IDFA Forum,Eureka Warsaw, amongst others.VOGEL, SABINE (p.16) Editor of Literature and Arts at the Berliner Zeitungsince 2001, she has a 20-year career as a journalist and film criticbehind her. She has written numerous articles and essays on art,popular culture, literature, music, film and media in daily and weeklynewspapers, in journals and magazines.WARDROP, KEN (p.54) Irish director and writer, he won the EuropeanFilm Award for DRESSING MY MOTHER. His last directorial work is ashort film BONGO BONG. He is an alumnus of the Berlinale TalentCampus 2004.WATERS, JOHN (p.50) American filmmaker, famous for his Trash Trilogyfilms: PINK FLAMINGO, FEMALE TROUBLE and DESPERATE LIVING.He is currently a professor of Cinema and Sub-cultural Studies at theEuropean Graduate School. THIS FILTHY WORLD, a documentary onWaters, is in the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2007.music for the films MEIN TOD IST NICHT DEIN TOD, HAPPY FAMILYand NAH AM WASSER.WEILER, LANCE (p.54, 58) Co-writer, director and producer, his digitalfeature, THE LAST BROADCAST, has been distributed in over 20countries. Lance is recognized as a digital pioneer for the way hemakes and distributes his work. His last feature, HEAD TRAUMA, hadits world premiere at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival.WEINBREN, GRAHAME (p.18, 54, 58) Experimental filmmaker, his documentariesand experimental films and interactive cinema installationshave been screened at festivals, on television, and in museumsand cinemas. He has published and lectured internationally on cinema,interactivity, and new technology.WENDERS, WIM (p.24, 42) Director of WINGS OF DESIRE, THE END OFVIOLENCE, and PARIS TEXAS, all of which won the Golden Palm atCannes, his most recent film release is DON’T COME KNOCKING.WINGATE, DAVID (p.17, 46) Board member and a SOURCES 2 script advisorfor feature and documentary projects, he currently works as aconsultant and dramatic advisor, script editor and tutor in several Europeancountries. Latest dramaturgy credits: FUCKING ÅMÅL, LUCKYPEOPLE CENTRE INTERNATIONAL and LEVA.WISEMAN, FREDERICK (p.55) One of US-America’s most important andmost influential documentary filmmaker whose works are highly acclaimedbeginning with his first production in 1967, TITICUT FOLLIES.He is a guest professor at numerous universities in the USA.YING, NING (p.42) China’s premier woman director, she is also a screenwriter,producer, editor and cinematographer, thus donning numerouscaps. Her films include WU QIONG DONG, RAILROAD OF HOPEand I LOVE BEIJING. She is a member of this year’s Berlinale ShortFilm Jury.ŽBANIĆ, JASMILA (p.29, 46) Bosnian director and artist, her first featureGRBAVICA won the Golden Bear at the 2006 Berlinale. She is the directorof BIRTHDAY, one of the six short films of LOST AND FOUND,which premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2005.ZHANGKE, JIA (p.14, 18, 45) Director of 7 films and winner of the GoldenLion at the Venice Film Festival in 2006 for STILL LIFE, he is regardedas the central figure of a new, independent and innovative generationof filmmakers in China. In 1998, he was awarded the WolfgangStaudte Forum Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival for hisdebut film PICKPOCKET.WEBER, MICHAEL (p.32) Managing Director of The Match Factory, hisline-up of films bagged a number of awards: they include GRBAVICA,EL CUSTODIO and TOUGH ENOUGH.WEIDEMANN, NIKKO (p.47) German singer and songwriter, he has workedwith such diverse artists as Nick Cave and Nena. He has composedBERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS #5 67