Stefan Pannen
Heidefilm (DE)

Stefan founded his first production company in 1995. He began his career at the German School for Journalism and worked as a freelancer for commercial and public broadcasters in Germany, before he became an independent producer.

He is an award winning director of over 100 films and has executive produced over 500. In 2016 he

won the „Prix Europa“ for producing the Best European Documentary.

Stefan manages marketing and development at Berlin Producers, Heidefilm, Sounding Images and neue artfilm. He is a member of the German and European Film Academy and of Allianz Deutscher Produzenten. In 2015 he co-founded DocImpact, a NGO bringing documentaries which enable change to developing countries.