Biography
Tamás Joó is an EU audiovisual policy expert, researcher, and award-winning filmmaker, with two decades of experience at the intersection of public funding, regulation, and international co-production. He holds a doctorate (DLA) in film production and policy and is currently a Global Executive Master candidate at the European University Institute (EUI), focusing on European media governance, platform power, and narrative systems.
From 2006 to 2010, he served on the Management Board of Eurimages (Council of Europe), advising producers and contributing to policy and regulatory development. Since 2014, he has worked as an Evaluation and Monitoring Expert for the European Commission across the Creative Europe and Horizon programmes. His professional background also includes senior roles in contract management and film legal and business affairs, as well as academic leadership as Head of Creative Producing and Digital Narratives at the International Film School Cologne.
Trained at the German–French Film Academy (La Fémis/Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg), HFF Munich, and SZFE Budapest, he combines policy expertise with practical industry experience, including extensive teaching on European audiovisual policy since 2005. He is a Japan Foundation alumnus, a certified Green Consultant, and speaks Hungarian, German, English, and French.