META FILM - Key Persons
Adam joined Meta Film in 2022 as an intern and currently works as a Producer Assistant on an upcoming film. He holds a BA in Film and Media studies at the University of Copenhagen.
Alex joined SAM in April 2022 as Head of Finance. Alex worked with EY for more than 30 years where he worked with a number of companies within the entertainment industry - including film production companies. Alex has served as state authorised public accountant from 2002 to 2020 . Alex handles financial aspects of SAM's film, tv and drama productions.
Job Titles:
- Co - Owner of a K Németh Law Firm
- External Production Counsel
Anja Kempinski Németh works as External Production Counsel on Meta Film.
Anja is specialised in the legal and financial aspects of film and drama series production.
Anja is a partner and co-owner of A K Németh Law Firm and has been a practicing attorney-at-law within the entertainment industry since 2000.
As a part of her PBA at Multiplatform, Storytelling and Production, Cecilie is attending an internship at Meta Film as a producer assistant in the Development Department.
Job Titles:
- Assistant
- Editor
- Assistant for SAM Productions
Cirkeline works as an Editor Assistant for SAM Productions.
She holds a Master in Media studies and Communication from Roskilde University.
You can reach Cirkeline at: cirkeline.arnvig@samproductions.dk
Emma is a Development Producer at Meta Film, where she manages feature film projects in all stages of development until greenlight.
Emma has been with Meta Film since January 2020 and is a graduate of Multiplatform Storytelling and Production at VIA University College.
Job Titles:
- Associate Producer & Legal Coordinator
- Associate Producer and Legal Coordinator at SAM
Fanny Le Gall has been Associate Producer and Legal Coordinator at SAM, since the company's early beginning in 2014. Fanny primarily focuses on handling contracts and accounts as well as developing the slate of projects at SAM le Français - the French subsidiary to SAM Productions ApS.
Fanny holds a BA in law from Toulouse, South of France and a Master in Publishing from Edinburgh, Scotland.
Job Titles:
- Finance Assistant
- Finance Assistant to Head of Finance
Frank has worked with finance and accounting for several years within the Danish film industry.
Job Titles:
- Head of Post - Production & IT
- Head of SAM Post - Production
Gitte Wahl joined SAM in 2020 as the Head of SAM Post-Production, managing and overseeing the entirety of the post-production facilities. Gitte has an extended career within the film and television industry and knows her way around the post-production process.
Job Titles:
- Producer
- Producer Assistant - Meta Film Stockholm
Ida joined Meta Film Stockholm in 2022 as a producer assistant. She started working within the film industry as a Covid coordinator on various productions (The Unlikely Mu rderer for Netflix being one) before she continued on as a production manager. She currently works on a Meta Film Stockholm feature film for Netflix that is set to premiere in 2023.
Jacob is responsible for the overall maintenance of our offices, and has been working within different aspects of the service industry for 10 years.
Johannes is a producer at Meta Film. His films have won awards at Cannes, OFF and The Danish Film Academy to name a few.
He graduated from the independent Danish film school Super16 in 2020 and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and an MA in Film and Media Studies from the University of Copenhagen by way of HBKU Academy of Film.
Josefine Dasseville joined SAM Productions in November 2020 as IT Assistant. Beforehand, she completed her Bachelor in Digital Media and Design at the IT University of Copenhagen.
Julian joined the Meta Film Post Production department in April 2019 as technical wizard in the role of Technical Manager. Julian oversees our editing suites as well as all IT-related and technical issues from the staff.
Kira Mielow joined Meta Film in August 2020 as an FTP student in the post production department. On a daily basis she works as an Editor Assistant.
Lasse Bækkel joined SAM in October 2021 as an editor assistant. He holds an AP in Multimedia-design and communication at Zealand.
Job Titles:
- Executive Producer & Business Manager - Meta Film Stockholm
Maria Dahlin runs the start-up of Meta Film and SAM production in Sweden and acts as business manager and executive producer. Maria has been CEO for several production companies and has more than 15 years' experience in the film industry.
Maria started her career with the popular TV-series Wallander and the film Beyond (Svinalängorna) by Pernilla August. She has produced Becoming Astrid (Unga Astrid), the acclaimed film adaptation about the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, which was nominated for six Guldbagge awards and she received a Guldbagge award for best film in 2016 for The Giant (Jätten). She was executive producer for Academy nominated The Hundred-Year-Old Man who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeare d and four-times Guldbagge-award winner Call Girl.
Job Titles:
- Finance Producer and Co - Producer
Mette Børch is a Finance Producer and Co-Producer at Meta Film and SAM Productions.
Previously, Mette has worked within strategy at DR and as an Associate Producer in the
Mikkel is responsible for all our office plants and flowers.
Mikkel has worked with plants as a gardener assistant and has more than 15 years of experience in the service industry.
Job Titles:
- Legal Consultant
- SAM in 2021 As Legal Consultant
Mille Andkjær joined SAM in 2021 as legal consultant. Mille handles legal aspects of SAM's film, tv and drama productions.
Mille holds a Master of Laws from University of Copenhagen.
Story editor Mille Haynes has been a permanent part of Meta Film since 2019, working on a variety of projects including Søren Sveistrup's high end crime epos THE CHESTNUT MAN for Netflix. Haynes recently joined the team of publishing editors at Politikens Forlag, too, exploring new ways to bring stories to life in different formats spanning documentary films, fiction features, tv series and now also fiction novels, and adaptations between literature and cinema. Mille holds a 5-year MA in Film & Media Studies from the University of Copenhagen and is an EAVE producer post graduate. Previous engagements include curator for Future Shorts, commissioning editor for DFI / Filmworkshop, head of CPH:LAB at CPH:DOX and of Berlinale Talents Script Station in Berlin, as well as being creative producer on a number of documentaries and experimental films.
Morten joined SAM's team of producers in 2016 and has since then produced a number of series. This includes seasons I and II of the 8-episode thriller series Below the Surface (Gidseltagningen, da) produced for Discovery Network's Kanal 5 in association with STUDIOCANAL and ZDF neo and distributed in more than 90 countries and Pros & Cons (Friheden, da) produced for Viaplay in association with STUDIOCANAL.
Morten has recently embarked on yet another drama series project, this time he is producing Søren Sveistrup's The Chestnut Man (Kastanjemanden, da) for Netflix.
In 2017 Morten won a Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Film with the Swedish-Danish feature The Giant directed by Johannes Nyholm. Other previous titles include Mads Matthiesen's Teddy Bear (Best Director, Sundance 2012), Fenar Ahmad's Flow (London Film Festival, 2014) and the drama series Lulu & Leon, created for TV3 (2009).
Morten holds a master's degree in Film Studies and studied as a producer at the independent Danish film school SUPER16.
Nickolai works as an IT Assistant at SAM Productions. Nickolai completed his Master's in Digital Innovation and Management at the IT University of Copenhagen in the summer of 2022.
Nina Leidersdorff joined SAM Productions' team of producers in August 2020 after several years in the US.
In Los Angeles Nina worked for years in the film industry as Head of Development and Production. Previous to that she ran her own independent production company, Fluid Film Inc., working on many international and local projects varying from feature films to documentaries and TV series.
Before moving to the US, Nina worked in the Danish film industry as a producer, production manager and line producer on music videos, commercials, computer games, TV series and documentaries.
Nina is excited to use her 20+ years of experience in film and TV to help bring more amazing projects into production and collaborate with talented filmmakers.
Nina holds an MFA from the Producing program of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and a BA in Film and Media Studies from the University of Copenhagen.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Creative Consultant
Nynne Oldenburg joined Meta Film as a Script Consultant in October 2018.
She holds a bachelor's degree in Film Studies from Université Paris 8 and Hunter College in New York City, as well as a degree in Screenwriting from the French film school, la Fémis. She has worked in film production and as a writer, researcher and script consultant in both France and Denmark.
Job Titles:
- Business Coordinator - Meta Film Stockholm
Pernilla Åström joined Meta Film Stockholm in 2022 assisting to establish the Swedish branch of the company. She has vast experience from the communications field working in a broad range of roles from journalist to developer, project manager to general manager. She spent many years at Swedish Television and the Swedish Film Institute. Pernilla lived in Amman, Jordan and worked at the Royal Film Commission enabling the shooting of films like Academy-awarded The Hurt Locker (2008) by Kathryne Bigelow/Mark Boal, Brian De Palmas Redacted (2007) and Nick Broomfields Battle For Haditha (2007). Educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts majoring in philosophy at University of Lund, Sweden and studies at University of California, Irvine.
Rose is the COO, and manages the HR and administrative operations of the company.
Rose holds an MA in Operations and Innovation Management with specialization in Media Management from the University of Aalborg, and a BA in Communication Sciences from Roskilde University.
Sara comes from a position as a teacher at the National Film School working with the producers' program and has previously worked with feature films at Meta Film.
Sara graduated from The National Film School of Denmark in 2009.
Simon joined our sister company SAM Productions in 2019 and currently works as a Finance Coordinator for Meta Film and SAM.
He holds a PBA in Media Production & Management from the Danish School of Media and Journalism.
Stine Meldgaard is a Producer at Meta Film, producing feature films for both children and adults. Stine has worked as a Producer at Meta Film since November 2014 alongside her work as a Producer at SAM Productions where she produces TV drama.
Previously, Stine has produced feature films, documentaries and short films and has furthermore worked as a Production Manager on non-scripted TV shows and as a Post Production Coordinator. Along the way, Stine has also worked with PR and distribution on both feature films and documentaries and has worked on and off for Executive Producer Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen on various film projects.
Stine holds a BA in Nordic Studies from the University of Copenhagen and is a member of the European Producer's network EAVE.
As a creative consultant Tine develops story ideas, writes pitches and creates visual identities for a variety of both TV series and film projects at SAM and Meta Film. With a special love for genre stories, she has particular insight into working with projects in that realm, especially within the crime genre.
Tine holds an MFA in Film Directing from Tisch School Of The Arts at New York University & an MFA in Architecture from The Royal Danish Academy Of Fine Arts.
Trine is Finance Assistant to Head of Finance Alex Pedersen.
Previously, Trine has worked for more than 10 years as production manager on several TV-projects. Since 2019, she has been attached to a number of TV-shows at SAM Productions as Production Controller.
Trine holds a masters degree in Film Studies from the University of Copenhagen.
Job Titles:
- Producer - Meta Film Stockholm
Veronika Öhnedal is a producer with a degree from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts (2015). She has produced Ahmed Abdullahi's feature film debut Amina, written by Mona Masri and Ahmed Abdullahi's film The Martyr which won the 2019 Guldbagge Award for Best Short Film.
Her TV credits include Insiativet (Initiativet) and Sommaren 85 for SVT. In 2020 she produced two seasons of the hit show The Brokers (Mäklarna) for Discovery+. Furthermore, she served as executive producer of the dramedy Beloved Samir, directed by Abbe Hassan for SVT.