Prof. Dr. Susanne Stürmer

Prof. Dr. Susanne Stürmer has been president of the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF since October 2013 – now in her third term of office. From 2011 onwards, she held the professorship for “New Media Production” in the film and television production program at the university as a part-time professor, parallel to her work at UFA GmbH. In 2013, Susanne Stürmer decided to make the full transition to the university.

From 1998 to 2013, Susanne Stürmer held a management position at UFA GmbH, then the largest television production company in Germany, and has been its managing director since 2006. She is an economist and previously earned her doctorate and worked in the field of regulatory economics.

The Film University Babelsberg is the largest and oldest film school in Germany. At the beginning of Susanne Stürmer's first term of office in July 2014, the university's status changed: it is now both an art college and a university. Since then, Susanne Stürmer, as president, has been shaping the process of developing the university's profile together with the committees and all members of the university. Susanne Stürmer also represents the university's contact with the film industry. Under her leadership, new practice-oriented study programs have been developed and external collaborations expanded, among other things.

Susanne Stürmer is involved in a wide range of activities. She sits on the supervisory boards of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, media.net Berlin-Brandenburg, and the Erich Pommer Institute (EPI). From 2016 to 2020, she was appointed to the ZDF Television Council as a representative of the state of Brandenburg. In September 2025, she was reappointed as deputy spokesperson for the German Conference of Art Academies (KHK). Since December 2016, she has been a member of the board of the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), the association of European art academies. She was elected president of ELIA in November 2022.

(As of February 2026)