Patrick Hoerl is the founder and Managing Director of the factual entertainment label Autentic. Furthermore, he is the Managing Director of the two factual pay-tv channels Spiegel Geschichte and Spiegel TV Wissen, a joint venture between Autentic and Spiegel TV.

Hoerl is one of the founders of Documentary Campus and serves as Chairman of the Board of Campus a Pan-European advanced training program for young filmmakers and aspirants in the fields of documentary film and factual entertainment.

Additionally, Hoerl is a member of the Board of Directors of the factual section of Produzenten Allianz and of the Board of the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers.