Diana Iljine
{{short description|German film festival director}}
Diana Iljine (born September 13, 1964 in Frankfurt) is the director of Filmfest München,{{cite web | url = http://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/en/profil/programm-team.aspx | title = Program Team – Filmfest München| publisher = filmfest-muenchen.de | accessdate = 15 March 2013}} Munich's international film festival, and the Munich International Festival of Filmschools.{{cite web | url = http://www.filmschoolfest-munich.de/de/footer/impressum-iffh.aspx | title = Site notice – Munich International Festival of Filmschools| publisher = filmschoolfest-munich.de | accessdate = 15 March 2013}} She has held this post since August 2011 when she took over from Andreas Ströhl.
Life and career
Born in Frankfurt, Iljine majored in communications{{cite web| url = http://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/en/aktuelles/news/2012/5/portraet-diana.aspx?q=Suche| title = Who's the boss – Filmfest München| publisher = filmfest-muenchen.de| accessdate = 15 March 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120625210316/http://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/en/aktuelles/news/2012/5/portraet-diana.aspx?q=Suche| archive-date = 25 June 2012| url-status = dead}} at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, then went on to work in film and TV for 25 years, mainly in sales and acquisitions.{{cite web | url = http://www.bmw-stiftung.de/de/asset/index/mid/33/lang/de/file/o_document_319.pdf | title = Biography on the Homepage of BMW-Foundation | accessdate = 15 March 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She has worked for ZDF,{{cite web | url = http://www.mediabiz.de/film/firmen/people/diana-iljine/157434/1858?py=1&quelle=jobs&typ=20&premium=N&navi=00000000| title = Blickpunkt: Film People – Diana Iljine| accessdate = 15 March 2013}} a public-service German television broadcaster and one of the biggest broadcasting organizations in Europe, as well as for Sky Deutschland (previously called “PREMIERE”).
Iljine co-wrote a book on film production, “Der Produzent”{{cite book | title = Filmproduktion, Bd. 1, Der Produzent | id = {{ASIN|3805834748|country=de}} }} (English: The producer), which became a standard reference work. In 2008, she went freelance as consultant for international licensing, co-productions and video on demand. She completed her MBA in 2011 at Berlin’s Steinbeis Business Academy and became head of FILMFEST MÜNCHEN in August 2011.
She had gathered experience at the festival in advance, having worked there for ten years as a student.
Aside from that, Diana Iljine sits on the board of the Kuratorium junger deutscher Film.{{cite web | url = http://www.fff-bayern.de/index.php?id=news&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=891&cHash=53865e4866b7867e808ff1676c669014 | title = News – Stabübergabe beim Kuratorium junger deutscher Film| accessdate = 15 March 2013}}
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