Arnd Greve

CEO POPULAR GmbH

Arnd Greve is a media scientist and has worked as an editor, director and creative director for international entertainment companies and his own company network, POPULAR GROUP GmbH.  Since 2012, he has been involved in nature conservation projects, including collaborations with the German Wildlife Foundation. Since then, he has also been advising his clients in the fields of sustainable growth and sustainable supply chain in order to put companies on a forward-looking course as quickly as possible.

Dagny Lüdemann

Biologist and chief science reporter, DIE ZEIT

Discovering undiscovered life on earth – that is the job of Dagny Lüdemann, who is out and about in nature as chief science reporter for DIE ZEIT. The biologist, science journalist and passionate diver reports on wild animals and endangered species and uncovers how and why humans are destroying their environment. And more importantly: how they could stop. She has accompanied a number of wildlife filmmakers on adventurous filming trips, and as a jury member for various festivals, she has seen hundreds of nature films. Her personal goal: to make her own wildlife film.

Prof. Dr. Heiko G. Rödel

University Sorbonne Paris Nord

Heiko G. Rödel is a full professor at the University Sorbonne Paris Nord, where he has been teaching animal behaviour and biostatistics since 2011. His research focuses on animal ecology and behaviour, mainly in mammals, in both field and laboratory settings. He earned a biology degree with a major in animal ecology in 1997, completed his doctorate in 2002, and obtained his habilitation in zoology in 2010. Since 2022, he has been serving as the editor-in-chief of the international journal Mammalian Biology.

Claudia Sewig

Biologist and editor, University of Hamburg 

A day without observing animals is not a good day for Claudia Sewig. Paying close attention was just as important to her during her biology studies as it was later in various editorial offices: among other things, as head of the science department at the Hamburger Abendblatt and deputy editor-in-chief of WELT Hamburg. In 2020, the Grzimek biographer moved to the University of Hamburg, where she now works in science communication. Claudia Sewig has been a member of various nature film juries and is on the board of trustees of the German Wildlife Foundation.

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Thomas Weidenbach

Film producer, managing director of Längengrad Filmproduktion

Thomas Weidenbach has been exploring the world through film since 1984, initially as a journalist and filmmaker, and now as a film producer. From the outset, his interest has focused primarily on topics related to the environment, nature, and sustainability. As an author and producer, he is responsible for more than 250 TV documentaries. He has won more than 70 film awards, including the Grimme Prize, the Bavarian Television Prize, and the German Nature Film Prize. At the first EWFA, a film he produced won the award in the nature conservation category.