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

Johannes Langfermann

Student Trainee

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Kathrin Dupps

Writer

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Cornelia Stier

Writer

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Rico Pappi

Apprentice

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Linda Brzoska

Student Trainee

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Production Manager Talk (Berlin Office)

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Ingrid Wagner

Controlling

Fabian Schüler

Student Trainee

Hannah Knierim

Production Assistant Talk

Ann-Kathrin Maubach

Student Trainee

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Boris Wilbers

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Alla Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Valentina Adames

Sustainability Manager

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer

Leo Adass

DOP

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Tom Gotthardt

Student Trainee

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Sabine Trieloff

Production Manager

Martin Becker

Executive Producer

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound Designer

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Julian Hess

Production Assistant

Florian Oesterreich

Editorial Assistant

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager

Kasimir Marks

Archive Producer

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Silke Peinsipp

Writer, Producer, Director

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Jonas Ramrath

Trainee Postproduction

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Jakob Uebel

Trainee