Former UFA Executive Katja Bäuerle to Head Germany’s Erich Pommer Institut
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor Former UFA executive Katja Bäuerle has become CEO of the Erich Pommer Institut, a professional training institution in Potsdam-Babelsberg, near Berlin, affiliated with the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf.
Bäuerle is a producer and manager with decades of experience in production, team leadership and communication. Bäuerle, who graduated in business administration, produced more than 500 episodes of mostly daily series in Germany and Australia before moving up to corporate management at UFA.
Most recently, she served at UFA as senior manager, creative responsibility, education and internal communications. Bäuerle said: “Like many aspiring filmmakers in Berlin and Brandenburg, I first encountered the EPI as a seminar participant, as well as a lecturer and client.
The quality of their work, a result of the close relationship to the latest media research by the Film University Babelsberg as well as to the film and media industry, has always been very convincing to me.
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