Michael
Duttenhöfer

about the speaker

Michael Duttenhöfer is Co-Managing Partner of TPF based in Berlin and Hamburg.

TPF is a renowned and respected production company in Germany and one of the leading creative production houses in the country for years. Founded in 2002 by German producer legend Tony Petersen the company changed management and ownership in 2011 to Michael Duttenhöfer and Carlo Walther and is led by them since, accompanied by partner Volker Steinmetz in 2015.

Michael’s work claimed over years national and international awards. One of his most recent work was 1 Square Meter by Hornbach which won a Cannes Film Craft Grand Prix in 2024.

Born in Karl-Marx-City in the former GDR, he calls himself a socialist at heart believing that together you can achieve more and more just. Therefore Michael is a driving force in the German Producers association Produktionsallianz as well as engaged in the CFP-E.

Besides his work at TPF, Michael is teaching since 18 years on a regular basis at different universities and schools. TPF is also one of the founding partners of the Hamburg Media School university degree for value oriented commercial production.

On his initiative TPF was the first production company in Germany that focused substantially on an own reforestation program on a bigger scale. In 2025 TPF will reach another major milestone with planting tree number 30.000 since 2018 – twice the amount the state of Berlin managed to plant in the past 10 years.

In addition TPF got awarded as well in 2024 for the most sustainable German production for their AKTION MENSCH project, which in addition also won the director a silver at the YDA in 2024.