our team

Before receiving a masters degree for directing from the Film University Babelsberg, Radek Wegrzyn, co-founder of MAGICAL REALIST, studied political science in Bonn (Germany), working part time jobs as chimney sweep, night porter, insurance rejection letter typist, Chai Wallah and dishwasher. Professional storytelling really was the next logical step. His credits as writer, director and executive producer include the award winning tragicomedy FATHER, SON & HOLY COW as well as the theatrical documentaries VIOLINISSIMO, THE SCHOOL ON MAGIC MOUNTAIN and MISS HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. Radek is also alumnus of the Maine Media College and the Documentary Campus Master School program. His background as writer, director and producer allows him to bring his extensive experience in story development as well as hands-on knowledge of physical production, production demands and co-production deals to the table. Radek is a member of the German and the European Films Academy.

Roberto Gagnor, co-founder of MAGICAL REALIST, studied Film Direction at the International Film & TV Workshops in Rockport (USA) and Scuola Holden with Abbas Kiarostami, and Screenwriting at the 7th Rai-Script Course in Rome. He has been writing for Disney Comics since 2003, with more than 180 stories published worldwide. His credits as screenwriter include FATHER, SON AND HOLY COW as well as MILLE! and MELT A PLOT, in development at Tempesta Film. He wrote and directed SHARON’S NUMBER (Winner, Talenti in Corto 2011). Roberto is a staff writer on WHITE PLANET, a sci-fi TV series in development at Letterbox Productions (Hamburg). Roberto's background in comics, TV and radio allows him to bring a wide range of experience, flexibility and ideas into cinema and serial TV. His writing style, honed in comedy, is grounded in a personal, Italian milieu, yet is vastly adaptable to universal stories with a worldwide appeal.