- Overview
- Decision Makers List 2013
- MeetMarket
- MeetMarket Projects
- Crossover Market
- International Delegations
- Round Table Sessions
- Pitch Opportunities
- The BFI Film Fund Pitch
- The New York Times Op-Docs Pitch
- Channel 4 First Cut Pitch
- The Wellcome Trust Development Awards Pitch
- Your WorldView Pitch
- Mini-MeetMarket
- Specialist Factual New Talent Pitch
- The Switchboard with EDN
- 10X10
- The Doc/Fest Mentoring Programme
- Training and Workshops
Decision Makers List 2013
The Decision Makers participating in the marketplace at Sheffield Doc/Fest come from all areas of the industry. The list includes commissioners, buyers, funders, executives, advisors, mentors, strategists, distributors, and sales agents from across the world. Many of them commission cross-platform/interactive as well as documentary.
Most Decision Makers are available for meetings with those selected for our flagship pitching opportunity, MeetMarket. Decision Makers attend various other events at the festival as well, including the Round Table Session, Power Hours, commissioning panels, and some of our public pitch competitions.
There are many other sessions in the industry conference programme which Decision Makers appear, and Sheffield Doc/Fest is renowned for being a unique market for enabling delegates to connect informally with the funders and supporters you want to connect with. Your delegate pass gives you access to the HUBS Industry Centre, as well as all other festival venues (all within an approximate 5 minute walk), where you can easily meet Decision Makers. If you'd like any advice on how to navigate the festival and market, and meet the people you need to meet, please email the marketplace team
A full Decision Makers List searchable by name, company and country will be available nearer to the festival. In the meantime, below are some of the Decision Makers who have already confirmed for Doc/Fest 2013, listed by country. Keep checking back regularly, as we will be adding further names as they confirm.
| Name | Job Title | Company | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heath, Majhid | Editor/Producer | ABC | Australia |
| Thorburn, Chris | Commissioning Editor, Contemporary, Religion & Ethics | ABC TV Documentaries | Australia |
| Chau, Nha-Uyen | Director, Sales & Co-Productions | Looking Glass International | Australia |
| Godfrey, John | Commissioning Editor, Documentaries | SBS | Australia |
| Golding, Andrew | Director SBS-TV Europe | SBS | Australia |
| Maxwell, Joseph | Commissioning Editor | SBS | Australia |
| Oxenham, Jane | Production Supervisor for Documentaries | SBS | Australia |
| Roscoe, Jane | Network Programmer | SBS | Australia |
| Abdalla, Salma | Managing Director | Autlook Filmsales | Austria |
| Grabner, Franz | Head of Documentaries for Art & Culture | ORF | Austria |
| Bratzlavsky, Carine | Deputy Director of Antennas | ARTE Belgium | Belgium |
| Detaille, Thierry | International Sales | Ventes-CBA/WIP-Sales | Belgium |
| Bleyaert, Tom | Buyer Documentaries | VRT | Belgium |
| Olsen, Catherine | Executive Producer Documentaries | CBC News Network | Canada |
| O'Flynn, Siobhan | Digital Storytelling & Social Strategies | NarrativeNow | Canada |
| Rubidge, Greg | President | Syndicado Inc. | Canada |
| Shihui Cheng, Shirley | SVP/Creative Director | LIC China | China |
| Rodriguez Valencia, Claudia | Head of the International Area | RTVC Colombia | Colombia |
| Pauerová Miloševič, Ivana | Commissioning Editor | Czech Television | Czech Republic |
| Stinglova, Marketa | Manager of International Programme Project Center | Czech Television | Czech Republic |
| Grunning-Harris, Klara | Commissioning Editor | Danish Film Institute | Denmark |
| Mandrup, Ane | Head of Development for Shorts and Documentaries | Danish Film Institute | Denmark |
| Daae, Jan | Programme & Sales Manager | DR Sales | Denmark |
| Madsen, Charlotte Gry | Co-Production Manager | DR Sales | Denmark |
| Hoffmann Meyer, Mette | Head of Documentaries and Co-Productions | DR TV | Denmark |
| Tyler, Paul | Founder | Handling Ideas | Denmark |
| Ljungmark, Anna | Head of Project | Swim Baby Swim | Denmark |
| Leino, Ritva | Head of Multiplatform | YLE | Finland |
| Saari, Ilkka | Head of Commissioning | YLE | Finland |
| Salervo, Esko | Commissioning Editor (cultural programs and radio fiction) | YLE | Finland |
| Westergard, Jenny | Commissioning Editor | YLE | Finland |
| Alvaresse, Catherine | Deputy Director Knowledge/Documentaries and Specialist Factual | ARTE France | France |
| Levy-Leblond, Marianne | Head of Web Productions and Transmedia Projects | ARTE France | France |
| Verdier, Nathalie | Senior Commissioning Editor, Specialist Factual | ARTE France | France |
| Bucher, Claudia | Deputy Head of Documentary, Commissioning Editor THEMA | ARTE G.E.I.E | France |
| Lange, Sabine | Commissioning Editor, New Media Department | ARTE G.E.I.E | France |
| Negrin, Anne-Laure | Commissioning Editor | ARTE G.E.I.E | France |
| LeClef, Catherine | President | CAT&Docs | France |
| Gallier, Gorka | Head of Sales | Doc & Film International | France |
| Glogowski, Anna | Commissioning Editor, Documentaries | France Televisions | France |
| Julienne, Ann | Head of International Development | France Televisions | France |
| Razon, Boris | Head of New Writing and Transmedia | France Televisions | France |
| Reisen, Christine | Independent Consultant | Freelance | France |
| Dressen, Arnaud | Producer | Honkytonk Films | France |
| Bonnici, Kathryn | Head of Acquisitions & Sales Manager | Java Films | France |
| Huillard-Kann, Christilla | Deputy Director for the New Medias | Radio France | France |
| Castoldi, Arianna | Sales and Acquisitions Executive | Upside Television | France |
| Wildermuth, Katja | Head of Documentaries History and Society | ARD/MDR | Germany |
| Hanke-El Ghomri, Gudrun | Commissioning Editor | ARD/SWR | Germany |
| Biemann, Barbara | Programmer Culture and Documentary | ARD/NDR | Germany |
| Tschurtschenthaler, Georg | Producer | Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion Berlin GmbH & Co. KG | Germany |
| Kloos, Stefan | Managing Director | Kloos & Co. Medien GmbH | Germany |
| Bassauer, Ben | International Sales & Distribution | MONODUOFILMS | Germany |
| von Behr, Christian | Commissioning Editor | RBB / ARTE | Germany |
| Karklin, Diana | Sales & Acquisitions | RISE AND SHINE World Sales | Germany |
| Schlanstein, Beate | Head of History/Contemporary History | WDR /ARD German Television | Germany |
| Bonse, Milena | Commissioning Editor | ZDF | Germany |
| Bubeck-Paaz, Sabine | Commissioning Editor, Grand Format | ZDF/ARTE | Germany |
| Dehner, Linde | Redaktion Wissen/ARTE | ZDF/ARTE | Germany |
| Pieper, Martin | Commissioning Editor | ZDF/ARTE | Germany |
| Meintana, Ariana | Deputy Head International Coprod. Dept | ERT S.A. Television | Greece |
| Kastelicova, Hanka | Executive Producer of Documentaries | HBO Europe | Hungary |
| O'Brien, Derry | Managing Director | Network Television Ireland | Ireland |
| Maher, Alan | Producer | Roads Entertainment | Ireland |
| O’Callaghan, Colm | Executive Producer Regional, Education & Diversity | RTE | Ireland |
| Meallaigh, Micheal | Director of Commissioning | TG4 | Ireland |
| Kowarsky, Philippa | Managing Director | Cinephil Distribution & Co-Productions | Israel |
| Pinkas, Edit | Head of Acquisitions and Programming | Noga Communications, Channel 8 | Israel |
| Eden-Fraiman, Osnat | Acquisitions Manager | yes-DBS Satellite Services | Israel |
| Okutsu, Tomoko | Commissioning Editor | NRK | Japan |
| Huijbregts, Marijke | Commissioning Editor Arts | Avro Television | Netherlands |
| van Rouveroy, Maarten | Head of Video Production | Greenpeace International | Netherlands |
| de Koning, Margje | Commissioning Editor/Head of Radio, TV and New Media | IKON | Netherlands |
| Brinster, Robin | Sales Agent | Illumina Films | Netherlands |
| Kriek, Kaisa | Manager | NPO Sales, Netherland Public Broadcasting | Netherlands |
| van der Kroon, Oscar | Commissioning Editor | NTR | Netherlands |
| Duermeijer, Marjolein | Head of Development | SIXSIX | Netherlands |
| Truyen, Barbara | Commissioning Editor | VPRO | Netherlands |
| Windhorst, Nathalie | Commissioning Editor & Programme Buyer | VPRO, NTR, VARA, HUMAN, EO, BNN, MAX | Netherlands |
| Skaret, KriStine Ann | Dokumentarfilmkonsulent | Norsk Filminstitutt | Norway |
| Planting, Aira | Program Acquisitions, Documentaries | NRK | Norway |
| Tomter, Tore | Programme Acquisitions | NRK | Norway |
| Nica, Aurelian | Producer / Original Production Manager | HBO Romania | Romania |
| Kihyung Bae, Kenny | Director of International Relations | Korean Broadcasting System | South Korea |
| Gantar, Majda | Acquisition Executive | RTV Slovenija | Slovenia |
| Povh, Peter | Commissioning Editor | RTV Slovenija | Slovenia |
| Spriggs, Guy | Owner | Ramillas | Spain |
| Salvat, Joan | Director of the Documentary Department | TV3 | Spain |
| Tarres, Muntsa | Executive Producer, Documentary Department | TV3 | Spain |
| Persson, Emelie | Commissioning Editor | SVT | Sweden |
| Arno, Axel | Commissioning Editor | SVT | Sweden |
| Eberhardt, Louise | Acquisitions Executive | TV4 Sweden | Sweden |
| Hansen, Gitte | Deputy Director | First Hand Films | Switzerland |
| van Messel, Esther | CEO | First Hand Films | Switzerland |
| Wu, Fan | Producer | CNEX | Taiwan |
| Job, Rachel | Head of Acquisitions & Commissioning (HISTORY & Military History) | A+E Networks UK | UK |
| Gregory, Flora | Editor, Witness | Al Jazeera | UK |
| Anstiss, Sam | Commissioning Executive Producer, Features, Formats & Specialist Factual, BBC Three | BBC | UK |
| Bell, Mark | Commissioning Editor Arts | BBC | UK |
| Bickley, Sam | Executive Producer | BBC | UK |
| Billing, Ninder | Executive Producer | BBC | UK |
| Campbell, Fiona | Executive Producer, Current Affairs, Independents | BBC | UK |
| Edwards, Tom | Commissioning Executive BBC1 & 2 Factual Features and Formats | BBC | UK |
| Geser, Ingrid | Programme Executive, Factual Commissioning Current Affairs | BBC | UK |
| Harrison, Cassian | Commissioning Executive Producer, Specialist Factual | BBC | UK |
| Kirkham, Alison | Commissioning Editor of Factual Formats and Features | BBC | UK |
| Klein, Richard | Controller, BBC Four | BBC | UK |
| McDonald, Tom | Commissioning Executive Producer | BBC | UK |
| Moore, Charlotte | Commissioning Editor, Documentaries | BBC | UK |
| Phillips, Tony | Commissioning Editor BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4 | BBC | UK |
| Reed, Elliot | Commissioning Executive Producer, Features and Formats BBC Three | BBC | UK |
| Willis, Emma | Commissioning Executive Producer, Documentaries BBC1&2 | BBC | UK |
| Younghusband, Jan | Commissioning Editor for Music and Events | BBC | UK |
| Margrie, Kez | Executive Producer | BBC CBBC | UK |
| McCarthy, Catherine | Head of the BBC Janala Project | BBC Media Action | UK |
| Binding, Justin | Commissioning Executive | BBC Northern Ireland | UK |
| Angus, Ewan | Commissioning Editor | BBC Scotland | UK |
| Fraser, Nick | Editor | BBC Storyville | UK |
| Lapping, Jo | Strand Executive | BBC Storyville | UK |
| Scotland, Shanida | Acting Strand Executive | BBC Storyville | UK |
| Townsend, Kate | Executive Producer | BBC Storyville | UK |
| Sanderson, Greg | Commissioning Executive Producer - Arts, Music and Events | BBC Vision | UK |
| Shillinglaw, Kim | Knowledge Commissioning Science and Natural History | BBC Vision | UK |
| Francke, Lizzie | Senior Production and Development Executive, BFI Film Fund | BFI | UK |
| Franklin, Maxyne | Foundation Director | BRITDOC Foundation | UK |
| Whipham, Sandra | Foundation Director | BRITDOC Foundation | UK |
| Franklin, James | Creative Director / Founder | BRITDOC Foundation / Assemble | UK |
| Handford, Clare | Commissioning Editor | BSkyB | UK |
| Mulholland, Siobhan | Commissioning Editor, Factual & Features, Sky Entertainment | BSkyB | UK |
| Norton, Michael | Chairman and Co-Founder | Buzzbnk | UK |
| Cooper, Emma | Commissioning Editor, Documentaries | Channel 4 | UK |
| Cronin, Anna | Commissioning Editor for Convergent Formats | Channel 4 | UK |
| Fullerton-Smith, Jill | Commissioning Editor, Specialist Factual | Channel 4 | UK |
| Gee, Adam | Multiplatform Commissioning Editor, Features and Factual Entertainment | Channel 4 | UK |
| Glover, David | Commissioning Editor, Science | Channel 4 | UK |
| Hay, John | Commissioning Editor, History | Channel 4 | UK |
| Jackson, Tabitha | Commissioning Editor, Arts | Channel 4 | UK |
| Kavanagh, Damian | Head of Features and Factual Formats | Channel 4 | UK |
| Lee, Ralph | Head of Factual | Channel 4 | UK |
| Miralis, Anna | Commissioning Editor, True Stories | Channel 4 | UK |
| Mirsky, Nick | Deputy Head of Factual | Channel 4 | UK |
| Prestwood, Lina | Commissioning Editor, First Cut | Channel 4 | UK |
| Ramsden, Sara | Commissioning Editor, Specialist Factual | Channel 4 | UK |
| Rawcliffe, Ade | Media Project Manager, Creative Diversity | Channel 4 | UK |
| Taylor, Vicky | Commissioning Editor, News and Current Affairs | Channel 4 | UK |
| Wright, Susie | Media Project Manager, Creative Diversity | Channel 4 | UK |
| Raikes, Simon | Commissioning Editor, Factual | Channel 5 | UK |
| Medling, Jess | Head of Company Communications | Cineworld Group Plc - Cineworld Cinemas | UK |
| Harris, Chris | Programmer | City Screen Picturehouse Cinemas | UK |
| Amaratunga, Ravi | Video Commissioning Editor | Dazed Group | UK |
| Hawken, Helen | Executive Producer | Discovery Networks International | UK |
| McIntyre, Elizabeth | Head of Production & Development (West) | Discovery Networks International | UK |
| Noble, Victoria | Executive Producer | Discovery Networks International | UK |
| Anderson, Tristan | Funder + Director / Producer | Doc Heads | UK |
| Round, Katharine | Co-Founder | Doc Heads | UK |
| Cudic, Vesna | International Sales & Acquisitions | Dogwoof | UK |
| Harbottle, Oli | Head of Distribution | Dogwoof | UK |
| Whittaker, Andy | CEO | Dogwoof | UK |
| Hill, Ali | Head of Acquisitions - Factual and Fact Entertainment | DRG | UK |
| Gauld, Stephanie | Digital Director | Egmont Press | UK |
| Briley, Stella | Head of Acquisitions | Electric Sky | UK |
| Cooper, Cat | Founder | Elfin Productions | UK |
| Hooper, David | Managing Director | Espresso TV | UK |
| Partridge, Adam | Production Executive | Film Agency for Wales | UK |
| Higgs, Anna | Head of Film4.0 | Film4 | UK |
| Rawlings, Lila | Development Executive | Film4 | UK |
| Walker, Dominique | Executive Producer | Freelance | UK |
| Ashmore, Mark | Director/Producer | Future Artists | UK |
| Panetta, Francesca | Multimedia Special Projects Editor | Guardian | UK |
| Hide, Kate | Business & Content Manager | HanWay Films | UK |
| Lane, Mark | Sales Manager | HanWay Films | UK |
| Westerhoff, Fabien | Director of Sales and Distribution | HanWay Films | UK |
| Gray, Calum | Sales and Marketing Executive | Independent Film Sales | UK |
| Steventon, Victoria | Founding Partner | Influence Film | UK |
| Rabkin, Job | Commissioning Editor Film Fund, Channel 4 News | ITN | UK |
| Turner, Louise | Commissioning Editor Film Fund, Channel 4 News | ITN | UK |
| Clinton-Davis, Jo | Controller of Popular Factual | ITV | UK |
| Howie, Diana | Commissioning Editor | ITV | UK |
| Singh, Priya | Commissioner, Factual and Daytime | ITV | UK |
| Thorogood, Katy | Commissioning Editor | ITV | UK |
| Simpson, Emma | Acquisitions and Development | Journeyman Pictures | UK |
| Chakraborty, Ri | Creative Director and Joint Partner | LFA Productions | UK |
| Cohen, Nick | Managing Partner | Mediacom | UK |
| Sparke, Tim | Chief Executive | Mercury Media | UK |
| Kingsbury, Jon | Programme Director - Creative Economy | Nesta | UK |
| Collie, James | Managing Director | November Films | UK |
| Ogilvie, Caroline | Head of Broadcast | Open Broadcasting Unit (Open University) | UK |
| Kingsbury, Richard | General Manager | PBS UK | UK |
| Binns, Clare | Programming & Acquisitions Director | Picturehouse Cinemas & Picturehouse Entertainment | UK |
| Vaccaro, Paula | Producer | Pinball London Ltd | UK |
| Hunter, Kirsty | Managing Director | The Project Factory | UK |
| Sissons, Anna | Distribution Manager | Pulse Films | UK |
| Leifer, Teddy | Executive Producer | RISE Films | UK |
| Stack, John | Assistant Producer | RISE Films | UK |
| Edwards, Jessica | Project Manager | Skating Panda | UK |
| Hunt, James | Director, Entertainment Production and Sky Arts HD | Sky | UK |
| Taylor, Celia | Head of Factual and Features | Sky Entertainment | UK |
| Wheatley, Sean | Programming Executive | Sky Vision | UK |
| Millard, Heather | Producer, Sales Agent, Financier, Festival Director | Spier Films | UK |
| Singer, Andre | Creative Director & CEO | Spring Films | UK |
| Taskovski, Irena | Managing Director | Taskovski Films | UK |
| Doyon, Susan | Producer | Tate Media | UK |
| Neumann, Beatrice | Acquisitions Manager | The Works Film Group | UK |
| Bennetts, Jessica | Head of Sales | TVF International | UK |
| Brown, Al | Supervising Content Producer | VICE Media Inc. | UK |
| Lazareck, Lisa | Public Engagement Adviser | Wellcome Trust | UK |
| Ziessen, Tom | Senior Public Engagement Grants Adviser | Wellcome Trust | UK |
| Simpson, Marion | Project Manager | WorldView | UK |
| Ball, Rachel | Manager, Content Partnerships | YouTube | UK |
| Browne, Jim | Distributor/Festival Programmer | Argot Pictures/Abu Dhabi Film Festival | United States |
| Schiller, Marc | CEO & Founder | BOND Strategy and Influence | United States |
| Piperni, David | President | Cargo Film & Releasing | United States |
| Ladjevardi, Adella | Grants Manager | Cinereach | United States |
| Apley, Alice | Executive Director | Documentary Educational Resources | United States |
| Candler, Sheri | Director of Digital Marketing Strategy | The Film Collaborative | United States |
| Sterritt, Merrill | Co-Founder | Film Presence | United States |
| Boyle, Caitlin | Founder | Film Sprout | United States |
| Holtzberg, Diana | Vice President - USA Operations | Films Transit International Inc. | United States |
| Abraham, Nancy | Senior Vice President of Documentary Programming | HBO | United States |
| Cogan, Dan | Executive Director & Co-Founder | Impact Partners | United States |
| Aguilar, Claire | Vice President of Programming | ITVS | United States |
| Holm, Elisabeth | Director, Film Program | Kickstarter | United States |
| Sheldon, Elizabeth | Vice President | Kino Lorber, Inc. | United States |
| Srivastava, Lina | Strategist | Lina Srivastava Consulting | United States |
| Rosen, Louise | Managing Director | Louise Rosen Ltd. | United States |
| Roy, Rajendra | Director of Programming | MoMA | United States |
| Goldman, Julie | Executive Producer | Motto Pictures | United States |
| Rothschild, Emily | Director of Acquisitions | New Video | United States |
| Spingarn-Koff, Jason | Video Journalist | New York Times | United States |
| Koch, Tom | Vice President | PBS Distribution | United States |
| Schuerhoff, Charles | Director of International Acquisitions | PBS International | United States |
| Kilmurry, Simon | Executive Producer | POV | United States |
| Wasey, Adnaan | Director, POV Digital | POV | United States |
| Best, Emily | Founder and CEO | Seed & Spark | United States |
| Mer, Andrew | Vice President, Content Partnerships | SnagFilms | United States |
| Burres, Bruni | Senior Consultant, Documentary Program | Sundance Institute | United States |
| Kopp, Ingrid | Director of Digital Initiatives | Tribeca Film Institute | United States |
| Rodriguez, Jose | Manager, Documentary Programming | Tribeca Film Institute | United States |
| Marchetti, Dylan | Founder | Tribeca Film Institute | United States |
| Gonzalez, Pablo | COO | Tugg Inc. | United States |
| McGarry, Jordan | Lead Curator | Vimeo | United States |
| Anderson, Julie | Executive Producer | WNET/THIRTEEN | United States |
| Zimmerman, Debra | Executive Director | Women Make Movies | United States |