Valentin Thurn (born 1963, Stuttgart, Germany) is a German film maker, writer and director.

[3] The television documentaries that he has written and directed have received awards and have been aired for numerous national German broadcasters.

[4] His film Taste the Waste which was shown at UK Green Film Festival, City Screen, York on May 19, 2012, exposed how a significant percentage of food on its journey from the farm to the dinner table ends up in landfill.

The difference between this operation and food banks where people would have to prove they were needy, this one could be accessed by anybody.

[9] It was reported in November 2014 by the New York Times that in December that year, Foodsharing.de would incorporate Lebensmittelretten.de, a food sharing website which was founded by Raphael Fellmer.