Biography
Michael Weber is a German film producer and executive. Born on 29 December 1967, he began his career in 1996 in the world sales department of the Bavaria Film group and became managing director of Bavaria Media GmbH in 2000.
In 2006 he founded The Match Factory, a Cologne-based international sales company, which he continues to lead. He is also managing director of Pola Pandora Film Produktions GmbH and co-founder of Match Factory Productions GmbH. Weber has produced or co-produced numerous films, including Michael Haneke’s Caché (2005) and Christian Petzold’s Afire (2023). Other credits include Phoenix (2014), Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) and Happy as Lazzaro (2018).
