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

Martin Becker

Executive Producer

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Hannah Knierim

Production Assistant Talk

Linda Brzoska

Student Trainee

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Ingrid Wagner

Controlling

Alla Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Kathrin Dupps

Writer

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Julian Hess

Production Assistant

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Boris Wilbers

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Rico Pappi

Apprentice

Valentina Adames

Sustainability Manager

Darius Bernstein

Apprentice

Florian Oesterreich

Editorial Assistant

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Cornelia Stier

Writer

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer

Leo Adass

DOP

Silke Peinsipp

Writer, Producer, Director

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound Designer

Sarah Struẞ

Production Manager Talk (Office Berlin)

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Unit Manager Talk (Office Berlin)

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Johannes Langfermann

Student Trainee

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant