Lutz Becker, producer and director
Lutz
Becker studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, where he
graduated under Thorold Dickinson. He is a distinguished director
of political and art documentaries such as Art in Revolution
(1971), Lion of Judah (1981), and Vita Fururista
(1987). His award-winning documentary The Double Headed
Eagle (1972), a different and disturbing look at the rise of
the Nazi party, earned him recognition as a master in archival film
reconstruction. A practicing painter, Becker is also a curator of
exhibitions, collaborating with the Hayward Gallery on The
Romantic Spirit in German Art (1994), Art and Power
(1995), and the Tate Modern on Century City
(2001).
Felix
von Moreau, producer
Felix
von Moreau studied literature and history at the University of
Heidelberg and started his film production career in Munich by
producing the independent feature Lobster Cowboy. He has
worked as a news journalist for the daily Kölner Stadt Anzeiger and
as a producer for the London bureau of German state television ZDF.
In 1986 he was Head of the European Research Team at Thames
Television for a major Channel Four biography on the fourth United
Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, a co-production with Home
Box Office (HBO), New York. Following the success of the
documentary, Felix was commissioned by Channel Four to conduct a
two-year production/research that resulted in the highly acclaimed
film biography of Adolf Hitler, a coproduction with London based
Brook Productions and Cinetel, Munich. In parallel with
international feature journalism assignments for Forbes Magazine,
Felix became a producer for Reuters TV, the television division of
Reuters, in 1990. At Reuters TV, he launched a three-language daily
news program that was carried live on the transnational satellite
TV network Superchannel. He also produced numerous business items
for German broadcaster SAT 1 and wrote for several publications in
Germany. Since 1992 Felix is the managing director of development
and production outfit Arcadia Films, London.
Jurgen
Proschinger, co-executive producer
Jurgen
Proschinger, CEO of Gryphon Entertainment, has extensive experience
on both the creative and business side of the entertainment
industry, and operates comfortably within the cultures of Europe
and North America. His practice encompasses a wide range of
entertainment and media transactions, including the development,
production, sale, distribution, and financing of feature film,
television, videogame, and digital media projects, as well as
related ancillary products such as print publications, merchandise,
and new technologies. Jurgen has an "MBA in Media Management" from
Steinbeis-University, Berlin, in cooperation with leading business
schoools SDA Bocconi University, Milan, and NYU Stern School of
Business, New York. He also studied Business Management and
Marketing at AKAD Lahr, Black Forest, and graduated from
ECAT/Magica, Rome, with a "European Master in Audiovisual
Management (EMAM)" and from Steinbeis-University, Berlin, with a
"Bachelor of Business Administration." His articles on audiovisual
entertainment aspects have been published in Entertainment Law
Review, Independent Film Monitor, Screen International, and
Filmecho.