Jörn Röver
Jörn Röver finished his biology studies in 1993 with a diploma in the main subjects of zoology and ecology in Munich. In 1994 he graduated from the German School of Journalism (DJS), wrote articles for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and worked as a reporter for the Stuttgarter Zeitung. From 1995 to 1997 he worked for ZDF as author and editor on the animal magazine show Tele Zoo, and further contributed to the health magazine Praxis, Aktion Mensch, and the daily news. During this time Jörn Röver was presented an award by Hans Hass at the nature film festival Biovision for the documentary “Grube Messel”.
From 1997 Jörn Röver was editor at ZDF for the prime-time animal series NATURZEIT, and took over the supervision and German adaptations of over 100 documentaries. In 2001 he became the director of NDR Naturfilm at Studio Hamburg, where he produced more than 30 broadcasts of Expeditionen ins Tierreich and Erlebnis Erde every year. The animal documentary films have since won over 200 awards at national and international film festivals, among them the so-called ‘animal film Oscars’ at the Wildscreen Festival in Bristol, UK (2008, 2010 and 2012), and Jackson Hole, USA (2009 and 2011).
In 2010 Jörn Röver became director of Studio Hamburg DocLights GmbH. Under his management the successful cinema documentaries “Serengeti”, “Russland – Im Reich der Tiger, Bären und Vulkane“, and “Das grüne Wunder – Unser Wald” were recently made.