Publishing exec will take over from Petra Müller on January 1, 2024
Walid Nakschbandi is to succeed Petra Müller as CEO of one of the leading German regional film funds, Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw, from January 1, 2024.
Afghan-born Nakschbandi, who settled in Germany at the age of 14, studied political science and law in Bonn and Berlin. He joined the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group in 1996 and ran the group’s TV production arm Ave Gesellschaft für Fernsehproduktion GmbH from 1999.
His producer credits include the TV movie My Daughter, Anne Frank, a documentary on the right-wing terrorist Beate Zschäpe in Letzte Ausfahrt Gera - Acht Stunden mit Beate Zschäpe,...
Walid Nakschbandi is to succeed Petra Müller as CEO of one of the leading German regional film funds, Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw, from January 1, 2024.
Afghan-born Nakschbandi, who settled in Germany at the age of 14, studied political science and law in Bonn and Berlin. He joined the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group in 1996 and ran the group’s TV production arm Ave Gesellschaft für Fernsehproduktion GmbH from 1999.
His producer credits include the TV movie My Daughter, Anne Frank, a documentary on the right-wing terrorist Beate Zschäpe in Letzte Ausfahrt Gera - Acht Stunden mit Beate Zschäpe,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Ave has begun development of a biopic about Germany's first female Chancellor Angela Merkel.
No word yet on who will play the current German leader in the international co-production which has already scored much interest around the globe. Journalist Dirk Kurbjuweit, who penned two books about Merkel, has penned the screenplay.
Walid Nakschbandi will produce and a release is planned for 2017, just in time for Germany's elections. Early polls suggest Merkel will easily win a fourth term in office.
Source: THR...
No word yet on who will play the current German leader in the international co-production which has already scored much interest around the globe. Journalist Dirk Kurbjuweit, who penned two books about Merkel, has penned the screenplay.
Walid Nakschbandi will produce and a release is planned for 2017, just in time for Germany's elections. Early polls suggest Merkel will easily win a fourth term in office.
Source: THR...
- 3/19/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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