Wolf Ples­mann

Wolf Ples­mann has been the Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the Ger­man Film and Tele­vi­sion Acad­e­my Berlin since Sep­tem­ber 2023.
Pre­vi­ous­ly, Plesmann—a ful­ly qual­i­fied lawyer with addi­tion­al degrees from the Uni­ver­si­ties of Bor­deaux and Harvard—held lead­er­ship posi­tions in fed­er­al and state gov­ern­ment, as well as in inter­na­tion­al devel­op­ment coop­er­a­tion. He has exten­sive expe­ri­ence in the areas of media pol­i­cy, change man­age­ment, and human resources man­age­ment.

Since 2020, he has served as head of the Depart­ment for Fed­er­al and Euro­pean Affairs and Media Pol­i­cy at the Berlin Sen­ate Chan­cellery. In this role, he has been respon­si­ble for sup­port pro­grams for cin­e­mas and the film indus­try with­in his department—particularly in con­nec­tion with the COVID-19 pandemic—and has there­by gained insight into the day-to-day oper­a­tions of the film busi­ness. His area of respon­si­bil­i­ty includ­ed both film and fes­ti­val fund­ing through the Medi­en­board Berlin-Bran­den­burg and pub­lic broad­cast­ers. Even dur­ing this time, Wolf Ples­mann was involved with the Ger­man Film and Tele­vi­sion Acad­e­my Berlin. Wolf Ples­mann is a mem­ber of the Euro­pean Film Acad­e­my and has served on the board of AG Kurz­film since 2026.