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Chairman of the board

Bo Ehrhardt

Danish
Bo Ehrhardt is co-founder of Nimbus Film and head of production on all the films the company produces. In addition to being in charge of the company, he is also responsible for co-productions and the company’s development and financing in general. Apart from being Head of the Board at The European Film College he is an active member of a number of film-political working groups under The Danish Film Institute and The Danish Producers’ Association.

Tue Byskov Bøtkjær

Danish
Tue Byskov Bøtkjær is Vice-President, HR & Communications at FOSS Analytical A/S, the worlds leading company in "Dedicated Analytical Solutions". Before this he was the Director of Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S, an international company with 1,100 employees. He previously held leading posts with Esko Graphics A/S (formerly Purup-Eskofot A/S) and the Schultz group, and is a member of several business networks, including the Academy of Management; Danish Industry’s Human Resources Think Tank, and the Advisory Board on the “European Employment Index”. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vester Kopi A/S and a member of the Board of R.E.D., an organization devoted to helping women from ethnic minorities.

Jan Harlan

German/British
Trained in business organization, Jan Harlan worked in this capacity in Europe and the US before joining Stanley Kubrick in 1969, first as his business affairs manager and subsequently as his Executive Producer. Since Kubrick’s death in 1999 he has been involved in managing the Kubrick estate, among other things organizing a major Kubrick exhibition which is currently touring the world. He made a documentary about the director, prepared with Steven Spielberg the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and was involved with the publishing of a major book on Stanley Kubrick for Taschen.

Jens Peter Rumle Hammerich

Danish
Jens Peter Rumle Hammerich is a film director, writer and producer. He has previously held posts as creative director at Nordisk Film; head of Nordisk Film Production and head of TV drama at Danmarks Radio, and has taught at the National Film School of Denmark (directing) and at the State Drama School.

Philippe Kern

Belgian
Philippe Kern is the founder and managing director of KEA European Affairs: www.keanet.eu. A specialist in copyright, anti-trust and trade law, he was formerly Director of Public and Legal Affairs at PolyGram and head of the IFPI Brussels office. He is the founder and Secretary General of the European Film Companies Alliance (EFCA) and the Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA).

Klavs K von Lowzow

Danish
Klavs K. von Lowzow is a barrister at law and senior partner in his own law firm. He graduated in law from Aarhus University in 1983 and was admitted to the Bar in 1986. His main areas of interest are company law, international business law, shipping, financing, agriculture and forestry. Klavs K. von Lowzow has worked for many years for the film and entertainment industry.

Zacarias De Santiago Areizaga

Spanish
Zacarias De Santiago Areizaga is a freelance scriptwriter, script analyst and producer. After graduating in physics in the UK he trained as a filmmaker, first at the New York Film Academy and subsequently at the European Film College (2000-2001). Before going freelance, he worked for four years as story editor at Columbia Films’ satellite office in Madrid, selecting scripts for production in Europe, participating in their development and supervising the production process.
Board members

Tina Sørensen

Danish
Trained in management and creative problem-solving, Tina Sørensen is Head of the Training Department at the National Film School of Denmark, which offers post-graduate training in all aspects of film and TV. Since the Department was founded in 1994, she has prepared some 400-500 courses, workshops and seminars. She is also coordinator of Nordicil, the organisation of Nordic Film Schools.

Johannes Flensted-Jensen

Danish
Johannes Flensted-Jensen is the Mayor of Aarhus County (Social Democratic Party). Among other posts he is also Chairman of the Financial Committee, Aarhus County; a member of the committee in charge of preparing the new Jutland Regional Centre, and a member of the European Union Regional Committee.

Jill Tandy

British
Formerly Senior Vice President of Public, Legal and Commercial Affairs at Polygram Film Entertainment, Jill Tandy is currently Joint Managing Director of Qwerty Films (UK), which develops, produces and finances feature films. She is also Film Business Director at Cass Business School and Programme Director of Inside Pictures, the UK’s leading training programme for film producers and executives, and has designed a number of film business training programmes for the Media Business School and UIP. She is a member of the British Council Film and TV Group and has been involved in several UK public policy initiatives.

Svend Abrahamsen

Danish

Board Member

Ronnie Fridthjof

Danish
As the ever-youngest owner of a radio station, at age 11, Ronnie Fridthjof laid down the tracks of a life within the media industry as a child.
Educated from The European Film College, and later trained through Nordisk Film, he is committed to challenge the dogmas of traditional production. In year 2000 he founded Fridthjof Film, which today employs well over 20 full and part time employees.
He has produced multiple Film and TV productions, and latest the price winning danish documentary "SOLO".

Board Member

Ian Fraser

Scottish
After being educated at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, I became an actor and spent two years in the theatre. Television beckoned and I joined Yorkshire Television helping set up the Studio Management Department. For the next 10 years I progressed through their Drama Department and became a Production Associate. BBCTV in London asked me to join their Drama area working in Series and Serials as a Production Manager. As a Freelance I worked as a Producer with other companies making Commercials and Training Films.
In 1994 I joined EFC as the teacher of Production and remained there till 2001 when I took up the position of Professor of Media (TV) at Concordia University, Estonia.