Irina Probost studied at the Vienna Teacher"s Academy where she specialized in Children and Media and began working in various positions for the Children & Youth department of the Austrian public broadcaster ORF in 1986. She then set up the Animated Children"s Films & Distribution department at Bavaria Film in 1994 and founded the Papa Löwe Filmproduktion in 1998, which produces animated and live-action theatrical and TV formats in a variety of genres.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH