Marion Wagner studied law at the Università di Trento (Italy). After a one-year internship at the TV station ProSiebenSat1 in Munich, she worked as a Funding Officer at the then newly founded film funding organisation IDM Südtirol (Italy) from 2011. Since 2019, she heads the funding department of HessenFilm und Medien GmbH in Frankfurt. In her role, she is involved in the strategic realignment of HessenFilm, among other things. The focus is on documentaries, new talent, internationalisation, web series, diversity in film and green filming.