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

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Boris Wilbers

Martin Becker

Executive Producer

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound Designer

Jakob Uebel

Trainee

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Production Manager Talk (Berlin Office)

Fabian Schüler

Student Trainee

Dennis Koppetsch

Producer, Writer

Kathrin Dupps

Writer

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Ann-Kathrin Maubach

Student Trainee

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Silke Peinsipp

Writer, Producer, Director

Julian Hess

Unit Manager

Johannes Langfermann

Student Trainee

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Linda Brzoska

Student Trainee

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Sabine Trieloff

Production Manager

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer

Leo Adass

DOP

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Tom Gotthardt

Student Trainee

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Hannah Knierim

Production Assistant Talk

Kasimir Marks

Archive Producer

Alla Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer

Ingrid Wagner

Controlling

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Florian Oesterreich

Editorial Assistant

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Jonas Ramrath

Trainee Postproduction

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Rico Pappi

Assistant Editor

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Valentina Adames

Sustainability Manager

Cornelia Stier

Writer

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor