Frank Seyberth

ZDF
Head of Coproduction, International Fiction

Frank Seyberth has been working for ZDF in several positions since 2001. He started as a commissioning editor at the night slot for emerging talent (“Das kleine Fernsehspiel”), followed in 2011 by leading a developing team for ZDF/3sat and the digital channel ZDF.Kultur.

As an executive producer he holds credits for international shows as THE BRIDGE, TRAPPED, FURY, SLØBORN and IN 80 DAYS AROUND THE WORLD amongst several other series and films. Since 2019 he is heading the international co-productions for all slots and channels of the ZDF Family. 

With his editorial team Frank is overseeing a slate of around 80 projects with a big variety in genre, format and partner constellations. Frank is a member of the European Alliance (the cooperation between France Télévisions and Italy’s Rai).