Fusun Eriksen

Fusun Eriksen


Füsun Eriksen, the director of BUSTER Copenhagen International Film festival for Children and Youth since 2007, was born in Istanbul in 1967. She moved to Denmark in 1992 with her Danish jazz musician husband. She first studied economy at University of Istanbul followed by theatre acting and directing. She worked for many years in advertising and film world for Warner Brothers and as a former head of PR, marketing and festivals for Trust Film Sales/Zentropa. She has created festival and sales strategies for Lars von Trier, Susanne Bier, Thomas Vinterberg, Lone Scherfig, Andrea Arnold, Per Fly, Anders Morgenthaler, Lukas Moodysson, Simon Staho, Baltasar Kormákur.