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, Terra X Lesch and NANO talk. Or were 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, NANO talk 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

Cornelia Stier

Writer, Producer

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Leo Adass

DOP

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Production Manager Talk (Office Berlin)

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound-Designer

Dennis Koppetsch

Producer, Writer

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant

Esma Figge

Unit Manager

Nils Busch

Student Trainee IT

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer, Director

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Cornelius Mücke

1st Unit Manager

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor

Anne Rück

Producer

Kasimir Marks

Archive Producer

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Marius Kimmel

Producer

Jakob Uebel

Writer

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Bernd Kuckelkorn

Line Producer

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Bianca Zarandi

Producer

Salim Kabbara

Junior Producer

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Ann-Kathrin Maubach

Editorial Assistant

Artur Widlak-Kortenbruck

Production Assistent Talk

Louis Stein

Assistent Editor

Malte Vogel

Apprentice

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Paula Randerath

Trainee

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director

Alevtina Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Valentina Adames

Managing Archive Producer

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Darya Ahmed

Trainee Archive Producer

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Julian Hess

Unit Manager

Martin Becker

Executive Producer

Nerino Rück

Kathrin Dupps

Writer, Producer

Ingrid Wagner

Commercial Manager

Doris Offermann

Production Manager

Nico Holter

Producer Sport

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Sabine Trieloff

Production Manager

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Boris Wilbers

Sabine Klauser

Writer, Producer

Tom Gotthardt

Casting-Editor

Silke Peinsipp

Executive Producer Nano Talk