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

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Ingrid Wagner

Controlling

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Florian Oesterreich

Editorial Assistant

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Unit Manager Talk (Office Berlin)

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer

Kathrin Dupps

Writer

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Alla Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound Designer

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Darius Bernstein

Apprentice

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Leo Adass

DOP

Boris Wilbers

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Johannes Langfermann

Student Trainee

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer

Cornelia Stier

Writer

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager

Julian Hess

Production Assistant

Hannah Knierim

Production Assistant Talk

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Martin Becker

Executive Producer

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant

Valentina Adames

Sustainability Manager

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Linda Brzoska

Student Trainee

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Silke Peinsipp

Writer, Producer, Director

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Sarah Struẞ

Production Manager Talk (Office Berlin)

Rico Pappi

Apprentice

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor