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

Ulla Sebus

Accountant

Kirsten Leuchter

Back Office

Dr. Daniel Sich

Executive Producer

Vasco V. Ochoa

Writer

Tom Gotthardt

Student Trainee

Lisann Schmeing

Editor

Leonard Claus

Writer, Director

Daniel Sonnenschein

Sound Designer

Christoph Sagert

Mastering & Grading

Svenja Wolter

Production Manager

Rike Taubert-Petry

Accountant Assistant

Matthias Klamfuẞ

Archive Producer

Ann-Kathrin Maubach

Student Trainee

Rico Pappi

Assistant Editor

Alla Shchyhlovska

Assistant Editor

Susanne Seibert

Executive Assistant

Silke Peinsipp

Writer, Producer, Director

Sylvia Breitstadt-Nendel

Production Manager Talk (Berlin Office)

Agnès Padrol Sureda

Editor

Sebastian Martinez

CGI Designer

Sabine Trieloff

Production Manager

Jan Beckhaus

Sound Engineer

Sabine Bier

Writer, Producer, Director

Alexander Hesse

Managing Director

Sabine Eisner

Production Manager

Stefan Schneider

Managing Director

Florian Oesterreich

Editorial Assistant

Kevyn Goncalves

Archive Producer

Marie Wilbers

Editor

Judith Schippers

Production Manager Talk

Alexandra Hamann

CGI Designer

Jens Dülker

1st Unit Manager

Hannah Krüger

Production Assistant

Dennis Koppetsch

Producer, Writer

Kathrin Dupps

Writer

Martin Becker

Executive Producer

Johannes Langfermann

Student Trainee

Valentina Adames

Sustainability Manager

Ingrid Wagner

Controlling

Igor Wilbers

Editing Supervisor

Eva Schötteldreier

Writer, Producer, Director

Cornelia Stier

Writer

Christopher Heuer

Production Assistant

Simone Betz

Production Manager

Anne Sanchez Mostacero

Room Attendant

Leo Adass

DOP

Jonas Ramrath

Trainee Postproduction

Matthias Gerstl

Archive Producer

Lutz Pinkert

Archive Producer

Linda Brzoska

Student Trainee

Jakob Uebel

Trainee

Julian Hess

Unit Manager

Matthias Steinbauer

Production Manager Show

Markus Neumann

Mastering & Grading

Julian Balducci

CGI Designer

Kasimir Marks

Archive Producer

Karin Schubert

Executive Producer Show (Office Hamburg)

Boris Wilbers

Marie Lopez

People & Culture

Sandra Klösges

Writer, Producer, Director