Buyers List
The buyers in the MeetMarket are decision makers from all areas of the industry. This list includes commissioners, buyers, funders, advisors, mentors, distributors and decision-makers from across the world. Many of them commission cross-platform/interactive as well as documentary.
All buyers are available for meetings with those selected in our flagship pitching opportunity, MeetMarket, submissions for which are now open until September 1st 2010. These buyers attend various other open-to-all events at the festival as well, including Who's Who, the Round Table Session, our commissioning panels, and some of our public pitches. See the Marketplace overview for all the marketplace events that took place in 2009.
A full Buyers List searchable by name, company and country will be available nearer to the festival. But below are some of the buyers who have already confirmed their attendance for 2010, listed by country. This list will be updated regularly with new buyers, so keep checking back.
To see who attended in 2009, there is an archived list here
| Name | Job Title | Company | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hock, Andrea | Sales Agent | Autlook Film Sales | Austria |
| Jäger, Peter | Sales Agent | Autlook Film Sales | Austria |
| Bleyaert, Tom | Buyer, Documentaries | VRT | Belgium |
| Allder, Michael | Executive Producers (Science and Natural History Unit) | CBC Nature of Things |
Canada |
| Battle, Murray | Director of Independent Production and Presentation | Knowledge Network |
Canada |
| Taskovski, Irena | Sales Agent | Taskovski Films | Czech Republic |
| Hoffmann Meyer, Mette | Commissioning Editor | DR TV | Denmark |
| Jurtshenko, Marje | Head of programming | ETV2 | Estonia |
| Saarikoski-Schimberg, Outi | Commissioning Editor | YLE | Finland |
| Vehkalahti, Iikka | Commissioning Editor | YLE | Finland |
| Coldefy, Helene | Director of Specialist Factual | ARTE France | France |
| Levy-Leblond, Marianne | Commissioning Editor (Feature documentaries and history) | ARTE France | France |
| Ronez, Joel | Director of Internet | ARTE France | France |
| Le Clef, Catherine | Distributor | CAT & Docs | France |
| Elstner, Daniela | General Director | Doc&Film International | France |
| Clanet, Anais | Head of Sales | WIDE Management - International Sales & Production | France |
| Schreiner, Claudia | Head of Programming - History, Culture and Science | ARD/MDR | Germany |
| Hinz, Christiane | Commissioning Editor, Popular Culture and History | ARD/WDR | Germany |
| Eisenhauer, Hans-Robert | Head of Thema | ARTE ZDF | Germany |
| Kloos, Stefan | Distributor | Kloos&Co/Rise&Shine | Germany |
| Bubeck-Paaz, Sabine | Commissioning Editor, Grand Format | ZDF | Germany |
| Demeter, Lazslo | Head of Acquisitions | Duna TV | Hungary |
| Maher, Alan | Production Executive | Irish Film Board | Ireland |
| McKenna, David | Commissioning Editor, Arts and Cross-Platform | RTE | Ireland |
| O'Conner, Niamh | Head of Documentaries | RTE | Ireland |
| O'Meallaigh, Michael | Commissioning Editor | TG4 | Ireland |
| Eden-Fraiman, Osnat | Acquisitions Manager | Yes | Israel |
| Lavie, Guy | Head | Yes | Israel |
| Okutsu, Tomoko | Producer, Program Development Centre | NHK | Japan |
| Huijbregts, Marijke | Commissioning Editor (Art) | AVRO | The Netherlands |
| Truyen, Barbara | Commissioning Editor | VPRO | The Netherlands |
| Tomter, Tore | Programme Acquisitions | NRK | Norway |
| Liebhart, Artur | Head of Company | Against Gravity/ Doc Review | Poland |
| Malinowska, Katarzyna | Head of Film Department | TVP Kultura | Poland |
| Hronec, Ivan | CEOr | SPI Central Europe | Slovakia | Arno, Axel | Commissioning Editor | SVT | Sweden |
| Hansen, Gitte | Deputy Director | First Hand Films | Switzerland |
| van Messel, Esther | Chief Executive | First Hand Films | Switzerland |
| Senyücel, Kerime | Commissioning Editor | TRT- EBU Doc Group | Turkey |
| Gregory, Flora | Editor. Witness | Al Jazeera | UK |
| Seal, Howard | Director | Artefact Media | UK |
| Wild, Mark | Advisor | Artists in Motion | UK |
| Lemos, Andreas | Director of Acquisitions | Babelgum | UK |
| Billiet, Laurence | General Manager & Publisher, Metropolis & Our Earth | Babelgum | UK |
| Ahmed, Aaqil | Commissionning Editor (Religion) | BBC | UK |
| Angus, Ewan | Commissioning Editor | BBC Scotland | UK |
| Barker, Adam | Production Executive (Arts and Performance) | BBC | UK |
| Bell, Mark | Commissioning Editor for Arts | BBC | UK |
| Campbell, Fiona | Executive Producer, (News and Current Affairs) | BBC | UK |
| Geser, Ingrid | Factual Commissioning (Current Affairs) | BBC | UK |
| Harrison, Cassian | Executive Producer (Specialist Factual) | BBC | UK |
| Moore, Charlotte | Head of Documentary | BBC | UK |
| Shillinglaw, Kim | Commissioning Editor (Science and Natural History) | BBC | UK |
| Wall, Anthony | Commissioning Editor (Arena) | BBC | UK |
| Willis, Emma | Commissioning Editor | BBC | UK |
| Younghusband, Jan | Commissioning Editor (Music and Events) | BBC | UK |
| Gregory, Alison | Commissioning Editor | BBC Children's | UK |
| Cohen, Nick | Commissioning Editor (Arts and documentaries) | BBC Multiplatform | UK | Hayes, James | Executive Producer | BBC Northern Ireland | UK |
| De'Ath, Emma | Multiplatform Commissioning Executive | BBC/The Open University | UK |
| McCarthy, Catherine | Commissioning Executive | BBC/The Open University | UK |
| Anthony, Sam | Executive Producer | BBC Scotland | UK |
| Fraser, Nick | Series Editor | BBC Storyville | UK |
| Sanderson, Greg | Editorial Executive | BBC Storyville | UK |
| Scotland, Shanida | Commissioning Editor | BBC Storyville | UK |
| Gadney, Max | Commissioning Editor (Features, Formats, Specialist Factual | BBC Multiplatform | UK |
| Gordon, Lisa Scott | VP Acquisitions | Brightspark LTD | UK | Dickson, Simon | Commissioning Editor | Channel 4 | UK |
| Glover, David | Commissioning Editor (Science) | Channel 4 | UK |
| Jackson, Tabitha | Commissioning Editor (Arts) | Channel 4 | UK |
| Lee, Ralph | Head of Specialist Factual | Channel 4 | UK |
| Locke, Matt | Head of Cross Platform Commissioning | Channel 4 | UK |
| Mykura, Hamish | Head of Documentary and More4 | Channel 4 | UK |
| Rafaele, Aysha | Commissionning Editor | Channel 4 | UK |
| Raphael, Mark | Commissionning Editor | Channel 4 | UK |
| Walker, Dominique | Commissionning Editor (Factual Entertainment) | Channel 4 | UK |
| Franklin, Maxyne | Editorial Director | Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation | UK |
| Search, Jess | Chief Executive | Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation | UK |
| Miralis, Anna | Editor, True Stories | More 4 | UK |
| Hudson, Kate | Chair | CND | UK |
| Ebrey, Claire | Ethical Outreach Co-ordinator | The Co-operative | UK |
| Dale, Charlotte | Associate Producer | Current TV | UK |
| Prestwood, Lina | Production Executive | Current TV | UK | Harbottle, Oli | Head of Distribution | Dogwoof Films | UK |
| Whittaker, Andy | CEO | Dogwoof Films | UK |
| Hooper, David | Distributor | Espresso TV | UK |
| Lamprecht, Iris | CEO | Film Tiki | UK |
| Bennett, Matt | Factual Commissioner | Five | UK |
| O'Connell, Andrew | Head of Documentary | Five | UK |
| Jouhal, Tejinder | Head of Distribution | ICA Films | UK |
| Clinton-Davis, Jo | Controller, Popular Factual | ITV | UK |
| Pittam, Stephen | Head of Trust | Joseph Rowntree Trust | UK |
| Bohrsmann, Simon | General Manager | National Geographic | UK |
| Kingsbury, Jon | Director, Creative Economy Programme | NESTA | UK |
| Evans, Ian | Managing Director | Noisy Planet | UK |
| Ogilvie, Caroline | Broadcast and Learning Executive | Open Broadcasting Unit (Open University) | UK |
| Suri, Sandhya | Oxfam GB | UK | |
| Battsek, John | Executive Producer | Passion Pictures | UK |
| Chignell, George | Production Executive | Passion Pictures | UK |
| Stott, Nicole | Head of Development | Passion Pictures | UK |
| Harris, Chris | Head of Picturehouse Docs | Picturehouse Docs | UK |
| Green, Portland | Creative Director | Portland Green Cultural Projects | UK |
| Hunt, James | Head of Planning | Sky Arts | UK |
| Fletcher, Edward | Distributor | Soda | UK |
| Vogel, Kate | Producer | Tate Media | UK |
| Burton, Deborah | Head | Tipping Point Film Fund | UK |
| Wigley, Emma | Communications and Project Development | Tipping Point Film Fund | UK |
| Denton, Rebecca | Cross-Platform Development, EMEA | Turner Broadcasting (Cartoon Network) | UK |
| Nelson, Amy | Head of Acquisitions | TVF International | UK |
| Whelton, Catherine | Commissioning Editor | UKTV | UK |
| Toombs, Vida | Executive Producer | VBS/Vice | UK |
| Cooper-Charles, Caroline | Head of Creative Development | Warp Films | UK |
| Cropley, Sara | Broadcast Manager | Wellcome Trust | UK |
| Singer, Andre | CEO and Creative Director | West Park Pictures | UK |
| Wilson, Sally-Ann | Deputy Secretary General CBA/Project Director BMS | WorldView | UK |
| O'Malley, Donagh | Head of Video Partnerships (UK, Ireland, Benelux) | YouTube | UK |
| Dolling, Jamie | Community Manager | YouTube | UK |
| Martesko-Fenster, Karol | General Manager, Film Division | Babelgum | USA |
| Difford, Natalie | Program Associate | Chicken and Egg Pictures | USA |
| Englehorn, Philipp | Founder and Executive Director | Cinereach Film Fund | USA |
| Henckel, Dorothy | Director of Acquisitions | Documentary Channel | USA |
| Close, Cynthia | Executive Director | Documentary Educational Resources | USA |
| Grady, Matt | Founder | Factory25 | USA |
| Boyle, Catlin | Adviser on community distribution strategies | Film Sprout | USA |
| Holtzberg, Diana | Sales Agent | Films Transit | USA |
| Barrett, Diana | President and Founder | Fledgling Fund | USA |
| Bagwell, Orlando | Director, media arts and culture unit | Ford Foundation | USA |
| Harrington, Ryan | Fund Manager | Gucci Tribeca Fund | USA |
| Heller, Lisa | vP, Original Programming | HBO | USA |
| DiGiacomo, Danielle | Community Manager/Executive Producer | IFP/Freelance | USA |
| Andreen, Scilla | CEO | Indieflix | USA |
| Rubin, Slava | Chief of Strategy and Marketing | IndieGoGo | USA |
| Tyrrell, Jason | Director of Acquisitions | Indiepix | USA |
| Aguilar, Claire | Vice President of Programming | ITVS | USA |
| Sheldon, Elizabeth | Vice President | Kino Lorber | USA |
| Van Steemburg, Peter | Manager of Acquisitions | Magnolia | USA |
| Chalfen, Daniel | Consultant | Naked Edge Films | USA |
| Kilmurry, Simon | Executive Director | American Documentary, PBS POV | USA |
| Hope, S. Garcia | Senior Manager | PBS Interactive | USA |
| Schuerhoff, Charles | Director of Acquisitions and Sales | PBS International | USA |
| Koch, Tom | Vice President Sales | PBS International | USA |
| Campfield, Julie | Director of Development | Ro*co Films/Oprah Winfrey Network | USA |
| Mer, Andrew | VP, Content Partnerships | Snag Films | USA |
| Finneran, Patricia | Consultant | Sundance Documentary Fund | USA |
| Wallace, Melanie | Commissioing Editor | WGBH Nova | USA |
| Hoff, Brent | Founder | Wholphin | USA |
| Zimmerman, Debra | Executive Director | Women Make Movies | USA |
| West, Robert | Co-Founder and Exec Director | Working Films | USA |