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

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Hannah Knierim

Production Assistant Talk

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Florian Oesterreich

Editorial Assistant

Rico Pappi

Apprentice

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Kathrin Dupps

Writer

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Boris Wilbers

Cornelia Stier

Writer

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Ingrid Wagner

Controlling

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Tom Gotthardt

Student Trainee

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound Designer

Valentina Adames

Sustainability Manager

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Johannes Langfermann

Student Trainee

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Sabine Trieloff

Production Manager

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Dennis Koppetsch

Producer, Writer

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer

Silke Peinsipp

Writer, Producer, Director

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor

Leo Adass

DOP

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Kasimir Marks

Archive Producer

Fabian Schüler

Student Trainee

Alla Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Jonas Ramrath

Trainee Postproduction

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Linda Brzoska

Student Trainee

Julian Hess

Production Assistant

Martin Becker

Executive Producer

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Jakob Uebel

Trainee

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Production Manager Talk (Berlin Office)

Ann-Kathrin Maubach

Student Trainee

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer