The Erich Pommer Institute - a think tank for the German Film and Television Industries

 

 

Prof. Klaus Keil. Foto: EPI

The Erich Pommer Institute was founded in 1998 as an independent, non-profit GmbH (equivalent to private limited company) in Babelsberg, Potsdam.

By providing practice-oriented research, academic teaching, industry training, and media consultation, the Erich Pommer Institute consistently applies the latest observations and findings from the film, TV, and music industries to a wide spectrum of fields.

These issues include those of media law (e.g. copyright or licensing law) and media economy (e.g. film financing or the trade in TV formats), as well as the legal and economic aspects involved in media convergence, for instance.

By providing two endowed professorships to the University of Potsdam and the Academy of Film & Television "Konrad Wolf," we can ensure a strong academic foundation.

The directors of the institute are Prof. Dr. Lothar Mikos and Prof. Klaus Keil. Klaus Keil is Professor of Interdisciplinary Film Economics at the Academy of Film & Television "Konrad Wolf".
The sole associate is AGICOA Urheberrechtsschutz GmbH, an international copyright administration company for film and TV producers.

The institute is named after Erich Pommer. He was one of the most important film producers of the early 20th century. Many of his productions, such as "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920), "Metropolis" (1927), and "The Blue Angel" (1930), are world-famous and still considered film classics to this day.

Address:
Erich Pommer Institut gGmbH
Försterweg 2
D-14482 Potsdam
T: +49 (0) 331-721 28 80
F: +49 (0) 331-721 28 81
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