Signe Astrup – Writer, Director, Producer

Signe Astrup completed her screenplay studies and graduated from the German Film&Televison Academy in Berlin (DffB) in 2002. After graduation she was granted a scholarship from German Columbia Pictures.

Since then she has been working as a freelance screenwriter for German and Swiss TV networks and production companies such as RTL, Pro7, Rat Pack Filmproduction and Ufa Fernsehproduktion.

In addition to that she has participated in numerous further educations with lecturers like Chris Vogler, Keith Cunningham and Tom Schlesinger.  Currently she is teaching the craft of storytelling in different workshops e.g. for ProIntegration and Swiss Air.

Since 2006 Signe Astrup has also been working as a director and producer and has written, produced and directed several short films. She is CEO of Sineast Filmproduction and in charge of script-development and documentaries.

 

 

Robin Meurer –  Director and Producer

Robin Meurer was born in Graz/Austria and graduated with a Masters Degree in English in combination with Film and Media studies in 2003. During the course of his studies he gained essential practical work experiences in film and television productions in Germany, Austria and the United States. In addition to that he has written, produced and directed numerous short films on Super8mm and video.
After his move to Berlin he worked as an Assistant Producer for Egoli Tossell Film AG in the feature film department. Since 2005 he has been successfully engaged as freelance filmmaker, assistant director/producer and translator of screenplays and treatments. Besides numerous theoretical study courses and further education (e.g. Masterschool Drehbuch, Kölner Filmhaus) he also attaches high importance to practical film experiences and has recently written and directed the award-winning short film Follow Your Daydream (Capital Daydream Screenplay Award 2007)