Partner, expert for entertainment and games financing
With a Masters in Law, Sociology and Political Science and a Munich Film Academy diploma, Bernie founded Salinas Films in 1980 and produced over 30 national and international films. In 1988 he joined Zurich and London based Media Park AG / Media Equity Associates and in 1991 moved to Bravo Studios SpA in Milan where he was responsible for development and project financing. In 1994 he returned to London to join European Script Fund Ltd. as Head of Project and Company Monitoring. In 1999 Bernie was hired by Deutsche Bank AG as Vice President and Head of the Telecommunications, Media and Technology Expert Team in Corporate and Investment Banking.
Bernie left Deutsche Bank in 2012 with his own media consulting firm and joined forces with Markus Vogelbacher in 2014. Bernie has lectured at EAVE, EMAM Rome, Media Business School / MEGA and many other MEDIA institutions. He is the director of studies at the Erich Pommer Institute EPI, regularly lectures at the Bauhaus University in Weimar and the Austrian bfi University, works for the Zurich Film Foundation and is a member of the National Film Commission. Among other things, Bernie is a member of the European and German Film Academy.