Dirk Pohlmann (born 1959) is a German journalist, author, screenwriter, director and producer of more than 20 historical documentaries for Arte, ARD and ZDF. He was a manager of CargoLifter World and ArtemiFlow, producer of Artemisinin. Dirk Pohlmann is the editor-in-chief of Free21, a German Political Blog and journal. Since 2004, Pohlmann has increasingly focused on intelligence operations during the Cold War and after.