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Gerhard Maier
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Germany
After working in the film and TV industry for over a decade, where he escorted movies and series through their life cycles by scouting on markets, creating press books, articles, and reviews Gerhard Maier was editor-in-chief of two of Germany's largest point-of-sale entertainment print publications. Since 2014 Gerhard put his life-long obsession with TV series to better use as part of the founding trio of Seriencamp, Germany's first festival dedicated exclusively to serial storytelling.
As artistic director of Seriencamp Festival and Seriencamp Conference, he curates formats, speakers, and topics and is head of the festival’s programming team. When he is not working on Seriencamp, hosting its podcast or curating for conferences like Reeperbahn Festival or Input>Output Symposium, he’s a guest lecturer at film schools and training programs.
Recently he is giving workshops and talks as well as facilitating think tank sessions with a strong focus on developments in Generative AI, its possibilities, challenges and impact on storytelling industries.
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