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

Cornelia Stier

Writer, Producer

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Darya Ahmed

Trainee Archive Producer

Florian Oesterreich

Editorial Assistant

Ingrid Wagner

Controlling

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Leo Adass

DOP

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer

Luis Tamberg

Trainee

Sabine Trieloff

Production Manager

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Kasimir Marks

Archive Producer

Dennis Koppetsch

Producer, Writer

Louis Stein

Assistent Editor

Tom Gotthardt

Editorial Assistant

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Alla Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director

Martin Becker

Executive Producer

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Ann-Kathrin Maubach

Editorial Assistant

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Jonas Ramrath

Trainee Postproduction

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Production Manager Talk (Office Berlin)

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Julian Hess

Unit Manager

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer

Rico Pappi

Assistant Editor

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Valentina Adames

Managing Archiv Producer

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Silke Peinsipp

Writer, Producer, Director

Artur Widlak-Kortenbruck

Production Assistent Talk

Johannes Langfermann

Student Trainee

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Boris Wilbers

Linda Brzoska

Student Trainee

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant

Jakob Uebel

Trainee

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Malte Vogel

Apprentice

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound-Designer

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Kathrin Dupps

Writer

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager