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After spending 30 years as a freelance production manager for a wide variety of production houses and broadcasters, documentaries, corporate films, music events, commercial spots, daily soaps, live events, factual and fiction productions, we set up Dragonsheart-Freeman-Pictures GmbH.
After school I started studying economics, business administration and law. At the same time I started working on documentaries and a varied TV repertoire. I had mastered the commercial and legal aspects of production work and also the business administration aspects of “on time on budget producing” and all the aspects and importance of "chain of title".
Since 1998 I have created a network of private and public sector broadcasting companies as well as working with national and international producers and am involved in different types of productions both factual and fiction – e.g. those transmitted daily, documentaries, weekly series and mini-series, TV-films and event productions.
My extensive knowledge and experience in the commercial field as well as my understanding of both, the creative and technical requirements of the film and TV world have led to the implementation of my results-oriented ideas, thus yielding the "best of both worlds".
Brief Summary
Antje Stanko, born November 19, 1964
My passion for the moving picture began right after my studies (economic sciences and law).
In 35 years I have built up a network of private and public broadcasters as well as national and international production companies.
My profound economic and media law knowledge and my experience in budgeting and negotiation, the understanding of creative needs and technical requirements, lead to a result-responsible implementation and the challenging "best of both worlds".
Broadcasters /Streaming:
Ch. Budgeting, Script consulting, Verification and negotiation of budgets, Cost Reporting, Benchmark-Optimization
Production companies:
Budgeting, Script consulting, Budget negotiation Cost Reporting, Benchmark-Optimization
Professional Activity (selection):
Budget consultancy & negotiation support &
2014 – today Production Accounting &Controling.
Bayerischer Rundfunk, SRF Zürich, Ziegler Film, Servus TV, RedBull, Pro7Sat1, VOX, RTL, UFA, Kimmig Entertainment, ZDF, Talpa, Spiegel TV, Focus TV, MBTV, Isarflimmern, DocLights, Eyeworks, ProBono, Tango Fim, SagaMedia, Terra Mater, Bavaria, Studio Hamburg, MDR, NDR, SANOFI Group, Prodigious Film, UFA, NETFLIX, DISNEY and several more
.1996 – 2024 - Head of production & Lineproducer & Production Accounting & Controling.
Studio Hamburg Produktion, Endemol Entertainment Olga Film GmbH, Jim Henson Company, Kids TV RedBull Media House, Markus Maria Profitlich MMP, PHOENIX Fernsehen and several more
1994 – 1995 Productionscoordinator Reg.Grundy Australien, Berlin, Köln
1992 – 1994 VOX Television GmbH Technical and personnel management for post production
1989 – 1992 Floor Manger and later on Productin Manager WDR Cologne, FH Düsseldorf, RTL Television GmbH
Projects / Companies in about 35 years (selection):
FeatureFilm Cinema & TV / e.g. Prokino / UK, Germany, Switzerland, Australia
Documentation / e.g. ARTE / Germany
TV Show / e.g. Endemol / Germany, Netherlands, Spain
Commercial Spots / e.g. Saatchi&Saatchi / France, UK, Czech Republic
Musicproductions/ e.g. EMI International / France, UK, Spain
Sport/ e.g. DFL, NBA / Spain, Afrika, Asia, Austria
Daily Soap / e.g. RG Grundy / Australia, Germany
Industrial / e.g. Daimler Chrysler / Asia, Germany, USA
Further fields of activity
Public broadcasters: Verification and negotiation of budgets, script consulting,
Private channels: Benchmark-optimization, controlling & costreporting
Production companies: calculation verification, script consulting, budget negotiations
AMAZON & Netflix CostReporting: MovieMagic Scheduling & Budgeting Expert
ARD / ZDF /ARTE 3Sat/ FFA / DFFF: Verification and negotiation of budgets
SESAMKALKULATION & Drehplan & Finanzbuchhaltung Expert
