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

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director

Johannes Langfermann

Student Trainee

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer

Cornelia Stier

Writer, Producer

Leo Adass

DOP

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Ann-Kathrin Maubach

Editorial Assistant

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Julian Hess

Unit Manager

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Kathrin Dupps

Writer

Malte Vogel

Apprentice

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Production Manager Talk (Office Berlin)

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound-Designer

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant

Jonas Ramrath

Trainee Postproduction

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Ingrid Wagner

Controlling

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor

Sabine Trieloff

Production Manager

Silke Peinsipp

Writer, Producer, Director

Alla Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Artur Widlak-Kortenbruck

Production Assistent Talk

Rico Pappi

Assistant Editor

Darya Ahmed

Trainee Archive Producer

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Tom Gotthardt

Editorial Assistant

Dennis Koppetsch

Producer, Writer

Louis Stein

Assistent Editor

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Martin Becker

Executive Producer

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Luis Tamberg

Trainee

Jakob Uebel

Trainee

Linda Brzoska

Student Trainee

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Boris Wilbers

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Valentina Adames

Managing Archiv Producer

Kasimir Marks

Archive Producer

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer