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

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer

Marius Kimmel

Writer

Lando “Calrissian” Hansen

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Kathrin Dupps

Writer

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Boris Wilbers

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Solveig Hansen

Managing Archive Producer

Sarah Hamzei

Line Producer

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Julian Hess

Production Assistant

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Johannes Langfermann

Student Trainee

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Silke Peinsipp

Writer, Producer, Director

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Valentina Adames

Sustainability Manager

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Leo Adass

DOP

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Unit Manager Talk (Office Berlin)

Rico Pappi

Apprentice

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Cornelia Stier

Writer

Linda Brzoska

Student Trainee

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound Designer

Darie de Decker

Editor

Sarah Struẞ

Production Manager Talk (Office Berlin)

Florian Oesterreich

Editorial Assistant

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Darius Bernstein

Apprentice

Hannah Knierim

Production Assistant Talk

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Alla Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Lida Martel

Unit Manager (Office Hamburg)

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Ingrid Wagner

Controlling

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Martin Becker

Executive Producer