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France
Deputy Director Specialist Factual Department, ARTE France
She is Deputy Director Specialist Factual Department. Previously, she served as Deputy Managing Director at Europe Images International (2007-2011), Director of International Co-productions for Boréales (2006-2007), and Director of Acquisitions and International Co-productions at Télé Images International (2004-2006). She is the award-winning international distributor and co producer of factual programming.
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France
Producer, France Télévisions
She has over 30 years experience in French television. She was artistic director for a number of French channels. In addition, she has a strong experience in documentaries. She has written and directed numerous documentaries. In 2012 she joined the International development department for documentaries of France Télévisions Group and has attended many international documentary conferences. Her shrewd judgment has resulted in commissions of the recent leading documentary projects around the world.
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U.K.
Commissioning Editor, BBC
Editor of Storyville since 1997. After graduating from Oxford he worked as a reporter, television producer and editor. His latest publication is "Why Documentaries Matter," published by Oxford University. He was series editor on Why Democracy? and is executive producer on Why Poverty? Storyville films have won more than two hundred awards, including 4 Oscars, a Sundance Grand Jury Prize and several Griersons, Emmys and Peabodys.
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Denmark
Commissioning Editor, DR
She is head of documentaries and co-productions at DR (Denmark). She's responsible for documentaries on four DR-channels showing some 1100 hours of documentaries and factual programming in all genres per year. She also commissions both international and Danish productions focusing on current affairs and political debates. She has supported many award winning films from all over the world and also she is known for supporting independent filmmakers from countries where there are no local support.
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Norway
Senior Editor, Documentaries, NRK
He started his work in NRK in 1967 and was trained as a cameraman and film-editor. For many years he worked as film photographer and editor, both in NRK and in the private film industry. In 1989 he came back to NRK as Head of the Youth program team and became Head of Documentaries. In 1996 he has worked as Documentary program buyer and Commissioning Editor. Today most of the documentaries go out on NRK2.
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U.S.
Executive Content Advisor, ITVS (Independent Television Service)
She is Executive Content Advisor at the Independent Television Service (ITVS), which funds, promotes and distributes independently produced programming to public media. At ITVS, she oversees programming strategy and advises on content recommendations and the international funding initiative. She commissions programming from the global community of independent producers and is curator of Independent Lens, the PBS prime-time series of independently produced programming.
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U.S.
Vice President, PBS Distribution
"He is Vice President of PBS Distribution, the global co-production, acquisition and distribution company jointly owned by PBS and WGBH-Boston.
PBS Distribution seeks out and manages co-production partnerships with producers and broadcasters and directs the sale of PBS, WGBH programs and programs of independent producers to media companies globally. Koch's primary role is to oversee all international activities of PBSd."
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Canada
Executive Producer, Documentaries, CBC News Network
She is the Executive Producer of Documentaries for CBC News Network and Commissioning Editor of one of the most successful series in North America "The Passionate Eye". She also hosted for 6 years. Recent international collaborations include Battle for Rio, Putin's Games, Siege in the Sahara, Mystery of Malaysia Flight 370, Mea Maximus Culpa. She is one of the founding members of Hot Docs, and a member of its international advisory board.
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Canada
President and General Manager, Discovery Canada
As President and General Manager of Discovery Networks in Canada, he is responsible for all day-to-day operations, including programming, production and marketing, as well as business and strategic planning. He also oversees operations for Discovery World HD, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Discovery Science and their associated websites. He is also responsible for a production company, Exploration Production Inc., which makes and distributes award-winning documentaries.
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Singapore
Vice President of Production & Development, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific
As Vice President of Production and Development, he is responsible for editorially approving all regional and local commissions and co-productions that are broadcast across all networks in Asia-Pacific. Channa first joined Discovery in 1995. He has taken on various roles within the company from on-air promotions to programming and production. He has a Masters in both History and Film and Television Production from New Delhi, India, and also holds an MBA from the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, USA.
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Singapore
Senior Vice President, MediaCorp Pte Ltd.
As the Head of Content Production Innovation, a division of MediaCorp Pte Ltd. she is responsible for innovating content for multi-platform purposes including entertainment, variety, format, drama and documentary. She comes with more than 26 years of production, programming and distribution experience. From 1999 to 2006, she was the Managing Director of programming, marketing and distribution at MediaCorp News. Then, she was responsible for the strategic content and brand development of Channel News Asia.
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Hong Kong
Deputy Chief Editor, Chinese Channel, Phoenix Satellite Television
He joined Phoenix TV in 2002 after serving China Central Television for several years. More than 20 years experience in the field of journalism, participating in many of the production; scheme and supervising of feature programs and major documentaries. He himself is also anchoring several current affairs shows and documentary TV columns and sometimes appears at news reporting fronts. Proficient in Chinese, English and Japanese.
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Taiwan
Director of International Department & Chief of Documentary Platform, PTS
He is the Director of International Department and Chief of Documentary Platform of Public Television Service of Taiwan. He received his master's degree from University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Journalism; he began his career as a print journalist in New York and Hong Kong. He has worked as producer, program director, production director, news director and content director for commercial and public television, as well as Internet industry in Taiwan.
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South Korea
Producer, Programming & Planning Dept., KBS
He has been working as a producer since 2003 at KBS. His main business is acquiring, producing and programming for foreign feature films, drama series and documentary. He managed the following program slots; Feature Film (once a week), Wild Life Doc (everyday), Factual Doc (twice a week), Grand Doc (once a week) and Drama Series (once a week). He has recently acquired & programming 'Hidden Kingdom', 'Monkeys Revealed' from BBC and 'Miracle Body' , 'Ancients Secrets Revealed' from NHK.
Distributor
France
President, CAT&Docs
In October 2009, she decided to start her own documentary distribution company, CAT&Docs. In January 2007, she joined Fortissimo Films as Senior Vice President -- TV and Ancillary. From July 1999, she is running the distribution from Paris based Doc & Co, an international distributor of worldclass documentaries. Prior to this, she was with Film Transit International in Canada where she worked for 13 years, distributing documentaries worldwide.
Distributor
Switzerland
CEO, First Hand Films
She was born in Vienna (1965) and now lives in Switzerland. She holds a Bachelor's degree in film & television production and in history from the University of Tel Aviv. In 1990, she joined Warner Bros. From 1992 she produced international documentaries as Head of Co-Production and Sales for an independent production company in Zurich. Since 1998, she runs her own company FIRST HAND FILMS in Zurich and Berlin. FHF represents close to 300 hand-picked films and 200 producers from all over the world.
Expert
U.K.
Executive Producer for International Productions, LIC China
He began working in documentaries in 1983, working in London variously as a freelance and in-house at both the BBC and ITV. From 1993 to 2003 he was a partner in the highly-respected independent production company Cafe Productions. Since 2003 he have worked almost exclusively in Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul and, since 2011, with LIC in Beijing). Evangelical about documentaries, he also teach in various documentary training programs including Greenhouse and Crossing Borders.
Expert
France
Executive Director, TV France International
He has been Executive Director of TV France International since 2000. TV France International is the association of French TV programs exporters. Its membership includes around 140 companies -- producers, distributors and broadcasters. Mathieu Béjot was previously posted to the French Embassy in Japan, Hong Kong and Canada.
Expert
Australia
International Content Consultant, SBS Television in Australia
He is a producer and consultant. He held executive roles at BBC for ten years, first as Commissioning Executive for factual documentaries and then he was responsible for the BBC's strategic relationship with the Indie sector across all genres. He has worked as a programming exec for Arte and produced many documentaries for UK and international channels through independent company Antelope and now for his own company Mixing Media. As a consultant he advises on international factual coproduction.
He is now active as an international content consultant for SBS Television in Australia.
Expert
Canada
President and Executive Producer, Primitive Entertainment / Hot Docs Co-Chair
He oversees Primitive Entertainment's selection of projects and focuses on the company's many relationships with broadcasters, distributors, co-production partners, industry organizations and government agencies. Internationally, Michael has forged partnerships with co-producers and investors in Britain, Europe, Australia and Japan. He is the Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of HotDocs and the Toronto Chapter of the Documentary Organization of Canada representing 700 documentary filmmakers across Canada.
Expert
Taiwan
CEO, CNEX Foundation & CNEX Studio Corporation
She is the co-founder and COO of CNEX Foundation & CNEX Studio Corporation -- a non-profit organization dedicates to support, produce and promote Chinese documentary films. She has been working in executive education and leadership development in leading business schools such as Peking University and CEIBS. She had also worked nearly two decades as management consultant in McKinsey & Company.
Producer
France
CEO, Point du Jour
After having been Point du Jour's head of sales & financing, he began his career as a producer at Caméras Continentales in 1993 and then at Ellipse Documentaries (subsidiary of Canal+). In 1996 he returned to Point du Jour and became the company's CEO in 2007. He has produced a wide range of committed documentaries as well as a TV movie.
Producer
France
Producer, MC4
He is the head of documentary of MC4 which is the independent production company in France producing documentaries on adventure, exploration, natural and animals. He co-produced "Les Écrans de la Mer" with Sendai Television Broadcasting enterprise. Before entering MC4, he worked with ITV Studios France (2011-2012) and Boreales (2010-2011). And also he was the Commissioning editor in France TV (2010) and Head of the acquisition department in ARTE France (2008-2010).
Producer
France
CEO, ICTV-SOLFERINO
He is an experienced filmmaker and producer operating out of Paris, France for more than 30 years. He owns a production and distribution company called ICTV-SOLFERINO and operates in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. His aim is to celebrate freedom of speech, to foster independence of local production and to support those who build their lives on dialogue.
Producer
Canada
Producer, EyeSteelFilm
He is a film, television and digital media producer based in Montreal. Together with his partners and collaborators at production studio Eyesteelfilm, his films won a number of awards. Before producing, he obtained degrees in law, philosophy and printmaking, managed artists, consulted for record labels and for a strange couple of years, was mandated to throw parties around the world. In the end, he has found that documentary film provides the greatest thrill.
Decision Maker
Japan
Executive Producer, Content Development Center, NHK
He joined NHK in 1983 and has made various TV programs and documentaries mainly for NHK Special as a director and producer. During his years as a director, "The Foreign Ministry's Unknown Report" got the best award in Asia Television Festival, "Can the Land Support the Population on Earth?" received the Grand Prix of Asian Broadcasting Union Awards. After acting as the deputy director of the Special Program Center, he has been the executive producer of the Content Development Center.
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Japan
Managing Producer, NHK WORLD TV
Joined NHK in 1988. Started as a radio producer for the Swahili service of Radio Japan. Then moved to the News and Current Affairs Department, and worked for news programs which focused international issues, making use of foreign broadcasters' news outputs. Also engaged in making documentaries mainly outside Japan.
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Japan
Producer Manager, Programming Division, Nippon Television Network Corporation
"Dispatched to Paris bureau from 2004 -2006. Now working for the NHK WORLD Television to supervise the production of its English programs.
Tomoyuki Kojima joined Nippon Television Network Corporation in 1995. He went on to produce a wide genre of programs ranging from information, travel, variety, and quiz to talk shows, etc. Since 2012, Kojima has been in charge of documentary software development, plan selection, and international joint productions in the Programming division. Concurrently, he is the programming producer for the monthly documentary program "Real x World."
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Japan
Co-Director, News & Information Programs, Programming Department, TV-Asahi Corporation
After joining TV Asahi in 1993, Hiroshi Kirinaga played various roles at News Divisions including the chief reporter at Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the editor of Daily news, and the Los Angeles bureau chief. He also involved in the news programs such as "News Station" and "Super J Channel" Since 2010, Kirinaga has been working at the Programming Department, where he is in charge of all news, information & Documentary programs at TV Asahi, including "Hodo Station."
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Japan
Director/Producer, Program Production Infortainment and Documentary Department, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK.inc
Akira Nishimura is best known for producing "The Nonfiction" series and "Unforgettable -- Three Family Portraits" (Asian Television Awards Best Current Affairs Program winner), "Maria's New York -- The Final Reunion" (ATP Award TV Grand Prix Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Documentary Division) and "A Death Scene Cleaner Gets Married" (New York Festivals Gold Medal of Human Concerns Category). Last year, his production releases included "The God of Ramen."
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Japan
Senior Executive Producer, Programming Division, WOWOW INC.
Joined WOWOW INC. in 1990, as a producer for documentary program, in the first generation. After Manager for International Business Affairs, the first LA Bureau Manager, Deputy General Manager for Programming, General Manager for Media Strategy and Business and Legal Affairs, Senior Legal Counsel, appointed as Senior Executive Producer in Programming Division, in 2014.
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Japan
Chief Producer, Entertainment & Informative Programs Department, Production Division, WOWOW INC
Atsushi "UCCI" Uchino joined WOWOW in 2010 as a midcareer employee after working as a news report program director. He is currently a chief producer in the production bureau. Uchino manages the production of "Nonfiction W," an original WOWOW documentary series. He is also in charge of international co-production projects.
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Japan
Executive Producer, Discovery Japan, Inc.
Miyako Hattori is Executive Producer at Discovery Japan responsible for all On Air Promotions and both long and short form original productions for Discovery Channel and Animal Planet.
