Since having graduated in audiovisual media at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne with a diploma and the postgraduate professional education International Production at the Internationale Filmschule Köln Arne Ludwig has been working for more than 14 years as a filmmaker, producer, lecturer and consultant for the film industry. As a producer and Head of Sales he has worked for 2Pilots Film Production since 2007. Before that he served 7 years as managing director and producer for the production company Discofilm in Cologne. Arne’s first produced feature "Status Yo!" premiered in Forum at Berlinale in 2004. Since then he was involved in the production of over ten features and documentaries. Besides the development and production Arne’s expertise lies in financing, distribution and exploitation of feature films and documentaries. Since 2003 he leads and teaches seminars on project development, financing, production, exploitation, sales and distribution. As a lecturer and tutor Arne has worked for the International Film School in Cologne, the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and the TP2 talent pool. As a networking member of the film industry he came up with the idea of optimising coproduction and market potentials online. Arne is one of the founders of ChakaPro, an online workspace for producers and the market funded by MEDIA.