PAL Next AG
The PAL Next Group: AI meets blockbuster filmmaking
The PAL Next Group is an entertainment company that fully embraces AI in the production pipeline.
With over a decade of experience producing successful movies and series at PANTALEON Films and an expert team creating AI-generated content at Storybook Studios, PAL Next is uniquely positioned for cutting-edge, modern entertainment.
The interplay of these two sister companies creates incredible growth potential: newly developed AI workflows are applied directly to real-world projects for massive international audiences, making production drastically more efficient and enabling much bigger entertainment experiences than ever before.
With offices in Munich and Berlin, PAL Next counts amongst its clients and partners some of the world’s biggest and best, including: Amazon, Disney, Sky, Netflix, Degeto, Paramount and Warner Bros.
Investing with PAL Next AG offers you the chance to be part of a unique pair of companies that are forging exciting, high-growth opportunities in both traditional and emerging sectors within global entertainment. There’s no other opportunity like it. Because there’s no other group like PAL Next.
You can find PAL Next AG on the stock exchange under XETRA ticker symbol PAL and ISIN DE000A12UPJ7.
Executive and supervisory board
PAL Next AG has two company boards, following the German model for publicly-held companies: A managing Executive Board, which runs the company, makes strategic decisions and pursues long-term sustainable growth of shareholder value; and a Supervisory Board, which elects, advises and supervises the Executive Board. Executive and Supervisory Boards work together closely for the benefit of the company, with the common aim of increasing long-term sustainable company value.
Stephanie Schettler-Köhler (Executive Board)
Stephanie Schettler-Köhler leads the company Executive board of PAL Next AG.
Stephanie Schettler-Köhler has been with the group of companies since 2011, holding several key positions throughout her career, including Project Manager and Authorized Signatory. Since 2014, she has played a pivotal role in managing core aspects of the operational business of PAL Next AG and its subsidiaries, successfully leading numerous projects to completion.
In 2018, she was appointed Managing Director of PANTALEON Films. In August 2021, she additionally assumed the role of Managing Director at Storybook Studios.
She began her professional career following her studies in Media Technology and Electronic Media, working as a freelance production assistant on various film productions
SUPERVISORY BOARD
Marcus Machura
(Chairman of the Board)
Kerstin Trottnow
Nicolas Paalzow
Company Information
PAL Next AG
Holzstrasse 30, 80469 Munich, Germany
2009
HGB
December 31
Stephanie Schettler-Köhler
Marcus Machura (Chairman)
Kerstin Trottnow
Nicolas Paalzow
The PAL Next Group is an entertainment company that fully embraces AI in the production pipeline.
With over a decade of experience producing successful movies and series at PANTALEON Films and an expert team creating AI-generated content at Storybook Studios, PAL Next is uniquely positioned for cutting-edge, modern entertainment.
With offices in Munich and Berlin, PAL Next counts amongst its clients and partners some of the world’s biggest and best, including: Amazon, Disney, Sky, Netflix, Degeto, Paramount and Warner Bros.