Biography

Dr. Tamás Joó is Head of Contract Management at Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung and a long-standing EU expert in audiovisual funding and research. He holds a doctorate in film policy and served on Eurimages’ Management Board (2005–10), advising both the European Commission and the Council of Europe. Trained at the French–German Film Academy’s Atelier Ludwigsburg–Paris, HFF Munich, and SZFE Budapest, he is an award-winning filmmaker and former head of Creative Producing & Digital Narratives at ifs Cologne. Since 2005 he has lectured on EU film and media policy. He is a Japan Foundation alumnus; and a certified Green Consultant. and speaks German, English, French and Hungarian.

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