Jessica Krauss

Head of department for documentaries at AVE TV-Production Ltd. 02/2008 till now Since early summer 2008 I am responsible for the section “Documentary and Reports” at AVE TV-production Ltd., a subsidiary of the Holtzbrinck publishing house. In this context I was in-volved developing a daily science show for the French-German cultural channel Arte, made one documentary by myself and produced others. Bayerischer Rundfunk (second biggest public channel) 10/2007 till 02/2008 Deputy CEO of the editorial department of “Suedwild” (“South and wild”), the 2008 launched youth program. The idea of the show of that youngsters are producing films and talks by them-selves. Experienced TV-journalists are only giving technical and editorial support where neces-sary. I was leading a crew of 45 people, organizing their work and planning editorial content of this daily live show. Furthermore I supported young filmmakers to produce their own short TV-films. Grandits Film Berlin, Germany 03/2004 till 09/2007 Assistant director and Filmmaker Responsible for the entire film-making process: developing a concept, finding buyers and financ-ing, filming, editing, purchasing rights and dealing with broadcasters. I have been involved in the production of nine films in the past three years. The item “Latest Films” down below contains a detailed description of my different responsibilities. • Produced seven movies (feature and documentaries between 30 and 80 minute) as one half of a creative team, and were the executive producer for two documentaries. • Building up a network of people working in the film business as editors of the channels, cameramen, sound engineers, and people of postproduction firms as well as of film fund-ing trusts, journalists and lawyers. • Leading the negotiations for buying footage for the international market, most recently for our feature-length 70 minutes long high gloss reportage about Mount Everest, finalize the deal with an agreement drafted by myself. • Handling rights selling, licensing and controlling the compliance with personal rights of protagonists and music rights for all our movies. • Handling the process of application to national and international festivals for our films, last “Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner – a woman at the top” for festivals in Graz, Leipzig and Cannes. • Organizing national and international shootings, last a concert shooting in Italy for our portrait of Ryiuchi Sakamoto and soon a shooting with Jacques Morelenbaum for a fea-ture about Bossa Nova in Rio de Janeiro. • Shooting independently, last one week in Phoenix Arizona for a 45 minutes reportage about by their own parents abducted children last September, subsequent editing the film