Nira Bozkurt

Nira Bozkurt is AI Officer at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and the initiator of the VSP Protocol, a governance framework for the responsible use of GenAI in film and media production.

As Creative Executive, she works across film, series, audio, and immersive formats, including Ballavita (VR, World Premiere at the 75th Venice International Film Festival) and Eine Sache der Perspektive (feature film, nine awards and numerous international festival nominations).

At Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, she advises on institutional GenAI strategy, implementation, research, and education, shaping standards for responsible AI integration into creative production pipelines.

Previously, as Creative Lead Germany at Pocket FM, she led and scaled AI-assisted series formats, two of which ranked #1 and #2 within eight months of the platform’s Germany launch, reaching over 34 million plays. She was also part of the development team at UFA Serial Drama for a German-Turkish Netflix original series.

Nira serves on the selection committee of Kuratorium junger deutscher Film and works internationally as a speaker and strategic consultant on generative AI, storytelling, production systems, and governance.