About me:  Andrew Solomon has worked in natural history television since 1997, first as commissioning editor at CANAL+’ documentary investment arm, Docstar, then as a freelance consultant and adaptor for producers and distributors including ZDF Enterprises. From 2011 to 2020 Andrew was Head of Natural History at ORF in Vienna, responsible for the prime-time weekly UNIVERSUM slot, and for UNIVERSUM’s blue chip wildlife production and coproduction slate.

Company profile: ORF – the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation – produces a broad range of content in all genres over four national TV channels, twelve radio stations, the ORF-Mediathek, and online.

ORF 2’s flagship specialist factual series UNIVERSUM produces, coproduces, acquires and broadcasts blue-chip wildlife and history documentaries on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Areas of expertise:Coproduction funding and financing, especially for wildlife films.

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