International Matchmaking

Thomas Binar

Music Supervisor

Thomas Binar is a trained professional for audiovisual media and studied media management at the European University of Applied Sciences Fresenius in Idstein/Germany. While still studying, he began his long-term work at an established music consulting agency. In 2017 he was able to enhance his career and activities as founder and managing director of PPG Music Supervising. To date, he has served as music supervisor for more than 85 international feature films, series and various TV commercials. He is currently working on productions for Disney, Netflix, Amazon and Paramount+, which will be released in 2024. Recent releases include projects such as "Girl You Know it's True" (Leonine), "Crooks" (W&B/ Netflix), "Wunderschön" (Hellinger/ Doll, Warner), "The Gryphon" (DogHaus/ Amazon).

Nis Bøgvad

Music Supervisor

Music Supervisor and CEO/Founder at Copenhagen Film Music. Co founder Europe in Synch. Director Act in Synch.
With 27 years experience as a music professional, Nis Bøgvad has worked in all aspects of the music business. From Multi-Platinum selling Songwriter, Recording Artist (EMI) and Producer to Head of A&R (EMI Music), Creative Director (Music Sales Group) Executive Producer National TV to Music Supervisor.
Nis has synchronized music to more than 150 commercials, TV series and Films, lately he has been working on "Follow The Money" season 3 and upcoming series for HBO Nordic.
He’s been a returning keynote and panel speaker at A&R Worldwide/Musexpo L.A., Midem Cannes, Sync summit Paris, Spot Festival Denmark; Les Arcs European Film Festival, Sync summit Helsinki, MaMA Conference Paris, London Sync Session, an Artist Mentor at Music Estonia VOLÜÜM mentoring program, Berklee Global Career Summit in Valencia and is among the founding partners of Europe in Synch.

Pierre Cattoni

Composer agent

Pierre Cattoni has 10 years of experience in the music industry.

While working as a project manager for the independent music label Tot Ou tard, where he develops local and international artists such as Yael Naim, Vincent Delerm, Vianney, Albin de la Simone or Ben Howard, he starts accompanying talents as a manager.

That led him to create a composer agency in 2019, in partnership with recording and post-production studios, and collaborate with talents dedicated to film scoring.

In 2021, he joined the Troisième Auteur agency, created in 2016, before becoming its leading agent and partner in 2022. He now represents 18 composers from very various backgrounds and genres who work on more than 50 projects in 2023 – French and European long-feature films, TV films and documentaries, series etc. -.

Troisième Auteur is one of the leading agencies of the sector in France.

Marielène Froidevaux

Music Supervisor

After a decade in the Music Industry, Marielène Froidevaux founded her Publishing Company "Interstellar Music" in 2016. By 2019 she started supervising on film productions and has been involved in numerous projects since. The 39-year-old is furthermore engaged in music policy issues and promotes cultural projects of all kinds with her association kunst stuck. A little heads up: By 2024 "Interstellar Music" is merging with Black Box Music and becomes “Black Stellar Music GmbH”. 

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Annette Gentz

Founder Annette Gentz | Film & Music Arts, General Manager Universal Music Publishing Classics & Screen

Annette Gentz is one of Germany’s premiere agents for film and stage music.
Her company Annette Gentz / Music & Film Arts has been producing and supervising soundtracks for European and international productions for more than 10 years, collaborating with film directors and producers, choreographers, theatres and opera houses, publishers and record labels worldwide.

Previous film projects she was involved in include scores by Volker Bertelmann/ Hauschka, Dascha Dauenhauer, Michael Nyman, Carsten Nicolai/ Alva Noto, Max Richter, Freya Arde, Frans Bak, Annette Focks and John Gürtler & Jan Miserre. Her most recent achievement was supervising the score deal for Volker Bertelmann/ Hauschka that won him the 2023 Academy Award for Best Original Score for „All Quiet On the Western Front“.

All of the artists she represents are award winning musicians and unique voices in German and international cinema.

In May, 2023 Annette Gentz has joined Universal Music as General Manager GSA, Classics & Screen | Ricordi.

Annette Gentz is also active as a mentor and moderator at several national and international festivals, conferences and networking events. She has been hosting panels on, including but not limited to, music and film scoring production, artist management, artificial intelligence as well as diversity & gender equality in the film & music sector.

Annette Gentz is an advisory board member of the World Soundtrack Academy.

Martin Häne

Music Publisher

Martin Häne is a Publisher of currently 6 different Production Music labels for both major distributors as well as independents.

Before becoming a music publisher, Häne worked for 10+ years as composer for both production music as well as bespoke music.

His credits as a composer include "Fack ju Göhte 2", "Melrose Place", "Bring it on" (Universal), various Lion's Gate Films (Warrior, Frankenhood) as well as Commercials and TV Series on networks such as ABC, NBC, CW TV, among others.

As a Publisher, his mission is simple: To create Production Music with character, and helping media creators to tell their story.

You may find out more here: www.martytone.com

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Stefan Jäger

Director, Screenwriter, Lecturer

Stefan Jäger studied screenwriting and directing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.

He has directed documentaries, including MATHIAS GNÄDINGER – DIE LIEBE SEINES LEBENS, CYRILL TRIFFT or MARKUS IMHOOF – REBELLISCHER POET, as well as feature films such as MONTE VERITÀ, DER GROSSE SOMMER, BIRTHDAY, HELLO GOODBYE or HORIZON BEAUTIFUL. As the head of the production company tellfilm, he was responsible for movies like BLUE MY MIND, TIERE, and many others.

He is also teaching at several film schools, both in Europe and Africa. He is the head of the screenwriting department at the Zurich University of the Arts, worked as directing instructor in Ludwigsburg, still teaches at the Drama School in Stuttgart, and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Jäger is a member of the Swiss and European Film Academies.

Renato Horvath

Music Supervisor

Renato Horvath (Hungary) founded Eastaste Music, a sync agency, in 2012. Its main focus is music licensing, music supervision, and consulting rights owners, and filmmakers alike. Over the years, he has licensed songs for nearly 150 commercials/films from domestic and foreign performers and authors. His specialty is licensing well-known foreign compositions and covers as well as difficult-to-find compositions. Affiliations: UK & European Guild of Music Supervisors member; partner in the Europe in Synch Creative Europe program.

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Oliver Paulus

Film Director

Oliver Paulus has directed six feature films. His stories mostly focus on underdogs and people from underprivileged classes who are oppressed by their everyday lives and who – against all odds – fight for their dreams and their happiness.

Oliver has been awarded numerous international film prizes, i.e. the Max Ophüls Prize, an Honorable Mention at San Sebastián IFF and the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the Cairo IFF. 

www.oliverpaulus.ch

Beda Senn

Music consultant at Swiss Television

Music consultant at Swiss Television since 2006 and involved in over 500 documentary film projects.
Since 2018 conception & production for new library/production music under Tonangeber GmbH, he is expert in the implementation of new sounds for current and future topics:
What does today's modern urban environment sound like? (Sounds Of Urbanity).
What does music have to sound regarding sustainability, the new food movements, healthy and sustainable nutrition and lifestyles? (Organic Food Sounds). How do you create a sound image that depicts the regions of the world in a new and timeless way?
Without all the clichés and stereotypes, but with the by integrating the traditional sounds of the regions concerned.
What are new alpine sounds? What is the new sound for stories in today's alpine region (including Southern Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Slovenia and the north of Italy and France).
Creating sounds that make the colours ring. And much more.
Another important motto: Modern Modular Motif-based Production Music.
The goal are minimal and modular structured mood tracks, which have unique and modern sounds as core element and thus on the one hand perfectly underscore fitting and not overloaded but on the other hand have strong motif expressiveness.
For each track there are several variations, which may differ in instrumentation of the motif, tempo, time signature etc., but which play around the central element (the leitmotif) in some form.
And all this under the aspect of making it as close, touching, high quality and timeless as possible for all kinds of audio-visual productions and suitable for stories in the here and now.
Although music is his life, he never learned to play an instrument well. He spent a few years as a drummer, but never really gained a foothold as a musician.
Despite, or perhaps because of it, he has immersed himself {associatively}, in what kind of images does music create, which images need which music. He finds the exploration of music exciting. And he has immersed himself in it.
He also sees himself as a diver for musical pearls in the playlists of Tonangeber. He curates and mixes them together.

Andreas Suttner

Cellist, music manager, music consultant for TV, founder of music label Klangidee

Andreas Suttner has studied Violoncello and music tuition and has been awarded as a cellist at several well-known contests.
After completing his MA in Arts Management at City University of London he has turned his attention to music management.

From 2004 he is also working as a music consultant for the film department of Bavarian Television.

In 2007 Andreas Suttner founded the production music label KLANGIDEE and since then is focusing on his work as a composer and producer for filmmusic in TV, radio and web.

Timo von Gunten

Film Director

With the TV banned from our home, my fascination of filmmaking was triggered by the slide shows my parents created, accompanied by sound through the revox system. Hence, as a kid, I started out doing short films with the DV camera I stole from my dad. Eventually, I was allowed to watch more content, but just US sitcoms from the 50’s. So I know a lot about the «Andy Griffith Show» or «The Houneymooner’s». I tried to get into film schools at least 6 times - without luck. After many years of shooting shorts with my friends, I was lucky enough to be nominated for an Oscar for my film 'La femme et le TGV' starring Jane Birkin. I ended up going to film school in Zurich after all, taking part in the masters program. I graduated in 2020 followed by a development phase of 3 years for my feature «Le Grand Prince», (hopefully) to be shot in 2024. Additionally, I’m currently pursuing work in TV, co-directing a 6-episode crime comedy series by Swiss National TV (SRF).