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

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Production Manager Talk (Berlin Office)

Fabian Schüler

Student Trainee

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Cornelia Stier

Writer

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Ann-Kathrin Maubach

Student Trainee

Julian Hess

Production Assistant

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Silke Peinsipp

Writer, Producer, Director

Boris Wilbers

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Johannes Langfermann

Student Trainee

Florian Oesterreich

Editorial Assistant

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Sabine Trieloff

Production Manager

Jonas Ramrath

Trainee Postproduction

Dennis Koppetsch

Producer, Writer

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Leo Adass

DOP

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Ingrid Wagner

Controlling

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Martin Becker

Executive Producer

Valentina Adames

Sustainability Manager

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound Designer

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Linda Brzoska

Student Trainee

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Hannah Knierim

Production Assistant Talk

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Jakob Uebel

Trainee

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Alla Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director

Kathrin Dupps

Writer

Rico Pappi

Apprentice

Kasimir Marks

Archive Producer

Tom Gotthardt

Student Trainee