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

Darius Bernstein

Cutter Crew

Daniel Sonnenschein

Cutter Crew

Anna Knittel

Redaktion

Ulla Sebus

Buchhaltung

Darie de Decker

Cutter Crew

Marie Wilbers

Cutter Crew

Lutz Pinkert

Leitung Rights Clearance & Footage Management

Kirsten Leuchter

Verwaltung & Organisation

Lisann Schmeing

Cutter Crew

Eva Schötteldreier

Redaktion

Judith Schippers

Herstellungsleitung

Julian Hess

Produktionsassistenz

Ingrid Wagner

Controlling

Stefan Schneider

Geschäftsführung

Kathrin Dupps

Volontärin

Leonard Claus

Redaktion

Nicolaj Paschke

Rights Clearance & Footage Management

Marius Kimmel

Redaktion

Matthias Gerstl

Rights Clearance & Footage Management

Marie Lopez

Personalabteilung

Solveig Hansen

Rights Clearance & Footage Management

Igor Wilbers

Leitung Postproduktion

Susanne Seibert

Assistenz der Geschäftsführung

Vasco V. Ochoa

Redaktion

Boris Wilbers

Cutter Crew

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Raumpflege

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Cutter Crew

Martin Becker

Redaktion

Alexander Hesse

Geschäftsführung

Valentina Adames

Green Production Management

Johannes Langfermann

Rights Clearance & Footage Management

Alexandra Hamann

G5 FX

Sandra Klösges

Redaktion

Florian Steidel

Cutter Crew