InstructorsJuliane Schulze (Course Director)
Juliane Schulze is Senior Partner at peacefulfish and a strategic financial consultant for the film and content industry. As Executive advisor she supports fillm producers around the world in business strategies and business planning, with a special focus on cross-media business models, involving film and TV, games, internet and mobile platforms. She also works on regional development strategies for public organisations and on several projects for the European Commission, such as for the Audiovisual and Media Policy Unit.
Ralph Oliver Graef (Expert)
Ralph Oliver Graef is a certified specialist in copyright- and media law as well as a certi_ed specialist for intellectual property law and also admitted as Attorney-at-law to the New York Bar, USA. Ralph Oliver Graef advises leading German and international film & TV companies, such as film producers, television stations (including IP-TV) and rights traders as well as book publishers and publishers of computer games. He is holding a teaching position as Adjunct Professor for entertainment and media law at Hamburg Media School (HMS).
Ben Grass (Tutor)
Ben Grass is Managing Director ofPure Grass Films, a multi-platformproduction company part-owned byEndemol. Ben has produced When Evil Calls(the world's first horror series for mobilephones that was subsequently sold to SonyPictures and Lionsgate as a feature film);Beyond the Rave (MySpace's first digitalseries outside the US, which was financed byHammer Films) and was Executive Producerof Kirill (MSN's first drama series in the UK,which won a Webby and was nominated fora Digital Emmy in 2009).
Richard Morris, (Tutor)
Richard Morris is Director of Video and Applications for the multi-media entertainment conglomerate ZedWorldwide. In 2004 Richard headed up thenew video division for Monstermob Group aglobal direct-to-consumer mobile entertainment company before he was brought into Player X in 2005 where he setup an award winning department in mobile video & TV, as well as one of Europe's most successful Mobile Applications Aggregation departments Player X was acquired by Zed Worldwide in September 2009. Richard isalso a member of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for the European Commission's Media Pilots program.
Mike Dicks (Tutor)
Mike Dicks set up Bleedinedge in 2008 as a digital consultancy, training company and development resource so that he could work with the best producers and broadcasters, developing innovative new 360 degree formats, from Bafta nominated kids' game-shows to online dramas with shops and mobile virtual worlds. Mike specialises in developing and delivering entertainment content, utilising games, television, the internet and mobile phones, most notably as Executive Producer on the BBC's online soap Wannabes.
Tom Putzki (Tutor)
Tom Putzki is a veteran in the games industry with a track record of more than 50 games from casual games to full price blockbuster. He founded his own consulting company in the beginning of 2006 and advices national and international clients both from the Games Industry and other Industries.
