About us

Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion realizes quality-conscious TV documentaries and series on large and small questions of history/contemporary history, science, nature and society. With innovative TV formats and unusual stylistic devices, we tell complicated things simply – and thus successfully generate insights even into complex topics. Our productions are informative, sophisticated and surprising.

The multifaceted nature of the documentary genre in general is reflected in the diversity of our documentary work, from pure documentary to reportage to docu-drama.

New scientific perspectives and exciting findings are the focus of our productions for the formats Terra X, Leschs Kosmos and scobel. Or are presented in an entertaining way in the hybrid-format science quiz of the Große Terra X-Show as well as the Terra X-Show Kids.

Throughout the year, we also stage classic studio productions with maybrit illner, scobel and the Literary Quartet.

Founded in 1990, the company is headquartered in Cologne, with two branches in Berlin and Hamburg. Alexander Hesse and Stefan Schneider lead a creative team that has grown over many years, is experienced and also constantly renewing itself.

We are Gruppe 5

Artur Widlak-Kortenbruck

Production Assistent Talk

Julian Hess

Unit Manager

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound-Designer

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Johannes Langfermann

Student Trainee

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Alla Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Rico Pappi

Assistant Editor

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Kathrin Dupps

Writer

Martin Becker

Executive Producer

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Valentina Adames

Managing Archiv Producer

Kasimir Marks

Archive Producer

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Sabine Trieloff

Production Manager

Cornelia Stier

Writer, Producer

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Jakob Uebel

Trainee

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Luis Tamberg

Trainee

Jonas Ramrath

Trainee Postproduction

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Tom Gotthardt

Editorial Assistant

Louis Stein

Assistent Editor

Boris Wilbers

Darya Ahmed

Trainee Archive Producer

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Linda Brzoska

Student Trainee

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Malte Vogel

Apprentice

Dennis Koppetsch

Producer, Writer

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Production Manager Talk (Office Berlin)

Ann-Kathrin Maubach

Editorial Assistant

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Silke Peinsipp

Writer, Producer, Director

Leo Adass

DOP

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer

Ingrid Wagner

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