Ulrike Neubecker

Ulrike Neubecker

Ulrike Neubecker

Producer
Ulrike Neubecker, Ediorial
Contact:

+49 30 44 03 169 – 58
ulrike.neubecker[at]berlin-producers.de

Ulrike Neubecker is a producer. As a video journalist, she was already making her own WebTV contributions while she was studying media studies. She then gained experience as an author in the editorial offices of 3sat and ZDF. At berlin producers she has been in charge of the Arte Longrunner “Zu Tisch” as well as animal and nature documentaries for Arte Discovery since 2019. In addition, she develops formats in the fields of crime, pop music and children’s television.

Filmography
As a Producer:

2024
Afrikas Berge
4x52min, SR/ Arte​

2023
Re: Lebensretter auf dem Mittelmeer
30min, ZDF/ Arte

Europas Mittelgebirge
4x52min, rbb/ Arte

2022
Zervakis & Opdenhövel.Live, z.B. „Letzte Generation“
Diverse 10min, Pro7

Mo Asumang trifft Andersdenkende
6x30min, 3sat

2021
Wenderäume (Pilot)
15min, rbb

Der Apennin – Italiens Naturparadies
2x52min, NDR, SWR/ Arte

2020
Corona Chroniken
60min, rbb/ Arte, DW

Seit 2019
Zu Tisch
26min (Serie), Arte

 

As an Author:

2021
Psychobugs: Nie gut genug
10min, rbb/ Arte (mit Silvia Palmigiano)

2020
Baseballschlägerjahre: Ich bleibe
15min, rbb/ ZEITONLINE (mit Elke Sasse)

2019
Beethovens Neunte – Symphonie für die Welt (Mitarbeit, Regie: Christian Berger)
90min, ZDF/ Arte, DW

Sound of Freedom – Der Klang der Freiheit
52min, ZDF/ arte

2017
Laut, hart, magisch – So klingen die Finnen
52min, ZDF/ arte

2016
Zu Tisch am Plattensee
26 min, ZDF/ arte

2015
Zu Tisch in der Südpfalz
26 min, ZDF/ arte

2014
Zu Tisch auf Bornholm
26 min, ZDF/ arte

2012
Landträume: Allgäu
26 min., ZDF/arte/ServusTV

2011
Landträume: Tessin
26 min., ZDF/ arte/ ServusTV, Co-Autorin

Dana Bauch

Dana Bauch

Dana Bauch

Accounting
 
Dana Bauch
Conact:

+49 30 44 03 169 – 14
dana.bauch[at]berlin-producers.de

Dana Bauch has been onboard at Berlin Producers since November 2016. She is in charge of accounting, which she prefers to the German ‘Buchhaltung’ as it sounds somehow cooler. Either way, it is her job to ensure that all of the bills are paid. She also has numerous other tricks up her sleeve involving numbers, but they’re all too complicated to list here. Before joining Berlin Producers, Dana worked in a similar position for Universal Music for ten years.

Iris Ehlbeck-Gehlert

Iris Ehlbeck-Gehlert

Iris Ehlbeck-Gehlert

Production Manager, Managing Co-Director
Iris Ehlbeck-Gehlert

Contact:

+49 30 44 03 169 – 0
iris.gehlert[at]berlin-producers.de

 

Iris Ehlbeck-Gehlert always keeps an overview and, as head of production, has been the organisational talent of berlin producers and its sister companies for over fifteen years. She juggles figures just as confidently as she deals with demanding (and less demanding) colleagues, filming problems and funding applications. She also takes care of IT problems, occupational safety and – together with her colleagues from production – the most important thing of all: making sure the supply of chocolate never runs out.

Since July 2025, Iris has also taken over the co-management of Berlin Producers together with her colleague Saskia Geisler.

 

Claus Wischmann

Claus Wischmann

Claus Wischmann

CEO sounding images and shareholder berlin producers
 
Claus Wischmann
Contact:

+49 30 44 03 169 – 22
claus.wischmann[at]berlin-producers.de

 

Claus Wischmann is author, director, producer and executive director at sounding images GmbH.
He has worked together with numerous European broadcasters and his music themed films have won awards all over the world, including  the German Film Prize Nomination for his acclaimed film Kinshasa Symphony. He is also a partner in the Berlin Producers GmbH.

Prizes
  • Deutscher Kamerapreis / Schnitt 2020, Beethovens Neunte
  • Festivals – Hofer Filmtage 2019, Boston Film Festival 2019, Der illegale Film
  • Golden Prague Best Documentary 2016, Gozo – Eine Insel, zwei Opern
  • Golden Prageu Vaclav Havel Award 2016: Überlebenskünstler
  •  Vornominierung Deutscher Filmpreis 2015, Karneval!
  • Festivals – Nominierung Golden Panda Sichuan 2014, Karneval!
  • (Auswahl) – Nominierung Deutscher Filmpreis 2011,
    Dokumentarfilm: Kinshasa Symphony
  • Nominierung Grimme Preis 2012, Dokumentarfilm
    Kinshasa Symphony
  • Gold World Medal: New York Television and Film
    Awards 2011: Kinshasa Symphony
  • Großer Preis Jecheon Internation Film Festival Korea
    2010: Kinshasa Symphony
  • Publikumspreis, Vancouver Filmfestival 2010:
    Kinshasa Symphony
    Publikumspreis, Deutsches Filmfestival Ludwigshafen 2010: Kinshasa Symphony
  • Berlinale und IDFA 2010: Kinshasa Symphony
  • Fipa-Wettbewerb, Biarritz 2009, Festival Radio France et
    Montpellier: Wagners Meistersänger, Hitlers Siegfried – Auf
    den Spuren von Max Lorenz
    Audience Award Golden Prague Festival 2008, Edita Gruberova
    – Die Kunst des Belcanto
  • Deutschen Medienpreis Logistik 2002, „Ein Riese auf Reisen“
Filmography

Autor/Regisseur/Producer (Auswahl)

2023

MAGIC MOMENT OF MUSIC – Series (Producer, 20 x 52 min. ZDF/ARTE, C Major, Unitel, EuroArts)

2022

SEVEN LIVES OF MUSIC – THE KANNEH-MASON FAMILY (60 min. ZDF/3sat)

KLANGWÜTIG – DIE KARAJAN-AKADEMIE (52 min. ZDF/ARTE)

DER KOMPONIST PAUL DESSAU – VON HAMBURG ÜBER HOLLYWOOD IN DIE DDR  (Producer, 52 min. NDR/ARTE)

2021

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GIORA FEIDMAN – Show mit Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lang Lang, Iris Berben, Axel Prahl,  u.v.a. (Producer, 70 min. ZDF)

THE LUCKY TENOR – JOSÉ CARRERAS  (Producer / 30 und 45 min. BR, WDR, SWR, C Major)

2020
#MYMUSICALDIARY (54min.,WDR)

MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ SINGT NORMA (52 min., ZDF/arte)

2019
BEETHOVENS NEUNTE: SYMPHONY FÜR DIE WELT (Producer, 90 min, DW, ZDF/arte)

2018
THE ILLEGAL FILM (90 min.)

2017
STADT DER KÖNIGE – SCHÜTZENFEST IN NEUSS (90 min., WDR)

2016
ÜBERLEBENSKÜNSTLER (52 min., NDR/arte)

GOZO – EINE INSEL, ZWEI OPERN (54 min.)

2015
Max und Moritz, die unglaubliche Geschichte eines Kinderbuchs, RBB, ARTE (52‘), 2015

2014
Karneval! – wir sind positiv bekloppt, Kinodokumentarfilm in Koproduktion mit dem WDR, gefördert durch NRW Filmstiftung, BKM, DFFF, 2014 (93‘)

2013
ZU TISCH IN THESSALIEN (26 min., ZDF/arte)

2012
ZU TISCH IM RUHRGEBIET (26 min., ZDF/arte)

ZU TISCH IN DEN PYRENÄEN (26 min., ZDF/arte)

EIN TAG IM LEBEN DER GEIGERIN PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA (26 min., ZDF/arte)

LORIN MAAZEL TRIFFT ALICE SARA OTT (43 min., ZDF/arte/Unitel)

2011
ZDF ZOOM: AUSGEBREMST (Beitrag, ZDF)

2010
FAHRT INS RISIKO: Die Eisstraße durch Sibirien (43 min., ZDF/arte)

ZU TISCH IN DER MOLISE (26 min., ZDF/arte)

2009
ZU TISCH IN DER HEDMARK (26 min., ZDF/arte)

KINSHASA SYMPHONY (90 min.)

BEI AUFTRAG ENTDECKUNG: Im Reich der heiligen Pflanzen
(43 min., ZDF/arte, Co-Produktion mit fact & film, Bremen;  Nordmedia 2009)

2008
ZU TISCH IN CMABRIDGESHIRE (26 min., ZDF/arte)

ANDRÁS SCHIFF IM TEATRO OLIMPICO – Cappella Andrea Barca
(43 min., 54 min., 75 min., ZDF/arte)

AUFBRUCH IM NORDMEER – DER SCHATZ DER BARENTSSEE (45 min., WDR/RBB/arte)

DIE KUNST DES BELCANTO – EDITA GRUBEROVA
(55 min., 80 min., ZDF/ arte/SR/ORF/Unitel, erscheint als DVD

WAGNERS MEISTERSÄNGER: HITLERS SIEGFRIED – Auf der Spur von Max Lorenz
(43 min./52min., SWR, ORF, SF)

TRULS MORK SPIELT CHOPIN UND DVORAK (43 min./54 min., ZDF/arte/NRK)

2007
ZU TISCH IN OSTANATOLIEN (26 min., ZDF/arte)

ROYAL FIREWORKS – Das FreiburgeR Barockorchester und das
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment bei den Proms
(42 min., ZDF/arte)

2006
SCHÄDEN FÜR DIE EWIGKEIT – WAS VON DER KOHLE BLEIBT
(42 min./44 min., zwei Fassungen für WDR – “Die Story” und arte)

RUF DER TASTEN – DIE MEISTERSCHAFT DER AMATEURPIANISTEN IN BERLIN
(28 min., RBB)

EIN LADEN IN BERLIN – Eisenwaren C. Adolph (26 min., ZDF/arte)

DER SPIELER BORIS BEREZOVSKY – PIANIST UND VIRTUOSE (43 min., ZDF/arte)

2005
DER JUNGE MIT DER PERÜCKE – KINDER ERKLÄREN MOZART
(29 min., RBB, BBC, TW1, SVT, NPS u.a.)

SCHWERES BLECH UND SCHRÄGE TÖNE. DAS ABONNENTENORCHESTER
(26 min., RBB)

2004
CLANZ DER ERDE: Eisen in China (43 min., ARD/RBB/arte)

ZU TISCH IN DEN NIEDERLANDEN (26 min., ZDF/arte)

STIMME AUS DER KÄLTE: DIE SÄNGERIN VIVICA GENAUX (42 min., ZDF/arte; int. Version: 52 min.)

2003
SCHULGESCHICHTEN: Polen (26 min., ZDF/arte)

ZU TISCH IN WEISSRUSSLAND (26 min., ZDF/arte)

TRAUMSCHIFF AUF TESTFAHRT, Reportage (38 min., Pro7)

2002
NUN SAG MIR, KLEINE WEISSE WOLKE : VESSELINA KASAROVA UND DIE STIMMEN BULGARIENS
(45 min., ZDF/arte)

EIN RIESE AUF REISEN, 38 min., Pro7/Kabel1)

ZWISCHEN LAKEN UND LÜSTER: Das Grand Hotel Berlin (44 min., RTL/VOX)

2001
DAS GROSSE SPIEL: L’Opéra de Monte Carlo (30 min., NHK (Japan)/EuroArts)

2000
KOOPMANN IN FREIBERG, Musikfilm (25 min., DR2 (Dänemark), Mezzo (Frankreich) u.a.)

Dr. Stefan Pannen CEO

Dr. Stefan Pannen CEO

Dr. Stefan Pannen CEO

CEO berlin producers, heidefilm
Dr. Stefan Pannen
Contact:

+49 30 44 03 169 – 19
stefan.pannen[at]berlin-producers.de

 

Stefan Pannen studied in Munich and attended the German School of Journalism there. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he helped build East German Broadcasting Brandenburg and made films as a freelance journalist and author for public and private television stations. In 1995 he founded his first production company. He is the director and author of over 100 documentaries and executive producer of more than 800 television films.

Since 2001 he has been producing the series “Zu Tisch” for arte, which is still in the program today. He developed numerous new materials in the fields of science, discovery and contemporary history. In 2009 he realized the film “Where is the wall?” as director and producer, which was sold in over 20 countries worldwide. He produced the documentary “Kinshasa Symphony”, which was nominated for the Grimme Award and the German film award LOLA and “#myescape” which won the Prix Europe for Best European Documentary in 2016.

Stefan mainly takes care of material development and marketing. He regularly visits major markets and trade shows in Europe and overseas.

He is a member of the German Film Academy and the European Film Academy as well as in the Alliance of German Producers.

As a founding member of the association DocImpact, Stefan is committed to distributing documentaries with developmental content in emerging markets.

Filmography

Films as a Producer (Selection)

2024
Mountains of Africa (4 x 43 / 52 min.; SR/arte, Coproduction with Film Shark, ZA)
Game over – Do we lose our democracy? (90 min., BR/ARTE)
Bitter fruits (90 min., WDR / ARTE)
Cook ´n live … (18 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)

2023
Bones – The fossile hunters (90 min. / 3 x 26-30 min.; RBB/arte, Coproduction with Intuitive Pictures, Canada; funded by MBB)
Europe´s Highlands (4 x 43 / 52 min.; RBB/arte).
Brando: In paradise (52 min.; ZDF/arte)
Tiny house concerts (4 x 30 min., DW, ARD Kultur)
Students go crafts (30 min., ZDF)
Cook ´n live … (16 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)

2022
Douglas Sirk – Master of melodrama (52/78 min., ZDF/arte, SRG)
War of propaganda (90 min., WDR/ARTE, DW, HR)
Inside the labyrinth (52 min., BR/arte)
Mo and the others (6 x 30 min.; ZDF/3SAT)
Cook ´n live …  (13 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)

2021
Adopted (3 x 25 min., WDR)
A polish nurse for grandma (43 min., SWR)
Witches, druids, new pagans (43 min., MDR/RBB)
Humboldt-Forum – A castle for Berlin and the world (43 / 52 min., RBB/arte)
The general and the electrician (43 min., WDR/ARTE)
Project BionTech (52 min., ZDF/ARTE, SRG)
„Cook ´n live … „ (13 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)

2020
Baseball bat years (6 x 15 min. RBB / ZEIT online)
My corona Diary ( 5 x 15 / 90 min., RBB / ARTE / DW)
I had them all (Podcast, 5 x 12 min., DW)
Villages of the Alps ( 5 x 43 / 52 min., SWR/ARTE)
How Covid is dividing us (43 min., MDR/RBB)
Oil Promises (90 min., DW)
„Cook ´n live … „ (13 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)

2019
“Bridges” (10×26 min./ 5×52 min./90 min.; arte GEIE, Co-Production with Freak TV, Edinburgh; Agent double, Bruxelles; LIC, Bejing)
“The Shah and the Ayatollah” (52 min., WDR/arte)
“Generation Greta” (43 min., ZDF/arte)
“Really psycho!” (5 x 26 min., RBB/arte)
“The rolling helpers of organ transplant” (30 min., SWR)
“My church, my family” (43 min., WDR)
„Cook ´n live … „ (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)
Plan B” (6 x 26 min. ZDF)

2018
“The Marxists” (52 min., WDR/arte, SWR)
“Max von Baden – The last chancellor” (52 min., SWR)
“Garibaldi” (52 min., ZDF/arte, ORF, RAI 3 Alto Adige, Co-Production with pre TV, Vienna, funded by RTR Austria and IDM Alto Adige)
“The peacekeepers – How the 30 year war ended” (2×52 min. / 90 min., WDR/arte, Co-Production with Synergia Film, Prague and Agent double, Bruxelles; funded by Nordmedia)
“The Treasure: The Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz” (90 min. RBB/arte, Deutsche Welle, funded by DFFF)
“Now it´s my turn!” (43 min., SWR)
„Cook ´n live … (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)
Plan B” (3 x 26 min. ZDF)

2017
“#my escape” (90 min.; DW/WDR, Prix Europe as Best European Documentary 2017)
Marksmens Festival” (90 min., WDR)
“The last Tsarinas” (52 min.; MDR/arte, funded by MFG)
“The diplomat: Frank Walter Steinmeier” (43 min, RBB/ARD)
“Andreas Hofer” (52 min., ZDF/arte, ORF, RAI3 Alto Adige; Co-Production with pre TV, Vienna, funded by RTR Austria and IDM Alto Adige)
„Cook ´n live … „ (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)

2016
“The mystery of mountain herbs” (5×43 min., Servus TV, LIC China)
“Cuisine royale” (4×26 min., ZDF/arte)
“Fakt checker” (10×25 min., RTL)
Who takes care for Ma and Pa?” (43 min., SWR)
„Cook ´n live … „ (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)

2015
“Vita activa: Hannah Arendt” (90 min., WDR/arte, co-production with A&U Films, Israel and Intuitive Pictures, Canada)
“German Dynasties: Villeroy & Boch” (43 min., WDR / ARD)
“Save our animals!”  (43 min., SWR)
“Building up a Castle, part II” (43 min., RBB)
„Cook ´n live … „ (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)
“Cuisine royale” (4×26 min., ZDF/arte)
“Handmade” (5×30 min., RBB/arte)
Loop” (10×30 min.) // “Zipp” (10×15 min.) (AZ Media / RTL)

2014
“Worldwide Berlin” (Crossmedia-Platform and 3hour theme evening, RBB, Deutsch Welle, funded by MBB; supported by Goethe-Institut)
Carnival!” (90 min., WDR, funded by Filmstiftung NRW, FFA and DFFF)
„Cook ´n live … „ (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)
“Cuisine royale” (2x26min., ZDF/arte)
“Country Dreams” (13×26 min., ZDF/arte, ZDF)
“Save our seeds” (43 min., SWR)
“Germans artists: Karl Lagerfeld” (43 min., SWR / ARD)
“Hot roads II” (5×43 min., LIC China, Servus TV; coproduction with Autentic)
Loop” (10×30 min.) // “Zipp” (10×15 min.) (AZ Media / RTL) 

2013
„Conquest of the world. Secret Missions: Ferdinand Magellan und Sir Francis Drake“  (2×52 min., ZDF/arte, Co-Producion with Filmtank Berlin/Hamburg, funded by MEDIA+, Nordmedia, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein)
Who owns Berlin?” (90 min., ARD, Redaktion: SWR, NDR, RBB)
„Cook ´n live … „ (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)
Silver Workers” (30min., SWR)
Loop” (10×30 min.) // “Zipp” (10×15 min.) (AZ Media / RTL)

2012
„Cook ´n live … „ (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)
“Country Dreams” (13×26 min., ZDF/arte, Servus TV)
“Our dirty water” (70 / 52 / 30 min., ZDF/arte, ZDF)
“Building up a Castle” (43 min., RBB)

2011
„Cook ´n live … „ (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)
“Country Dreams” (13×26 min., ZDF/arte, Servus TV)
“When parents get old …” (43 min., ARD)
“By the sea” (5×43 min., SWR/WDR/ARTE)
„No Meat“ (Theme Evening: 60 + 43 min., NDR/arte)

2010
„Cook ´n live „ (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)
„Country Dreams“ (5 x 43 min., ZDF/arte, Servus TV)
„My life: Ruth Dajan“ (43 min., ZDF/arte)
“Hot roads” (5×43 min., ZDF/arte, Servus TV)
Murray Perahia“ (52 min., RBB/arte, Co-Produktion with DOKFilm)
„Kinshasa Symphony“ (90 min., WDR/RBB, funded by MBB, MEDIA+, DFF, FFA)
„Old and dumb?“ (2×42 min., NDR/SWR)
„Airport ready for landing“ (6×30 min., RBB, 2010-2012)
Nightmare in dreamland“ (43 min., WDR)
„Oil in Ghana“ (2010- 2016; 52 min., funded by MEDIA+,)

2009
„Cook ´n live „ (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)
“Dial D for Discovery” (4×43 min, ZDF/arte)
„North Sea Coast“ (5×43 min., Radio Bremen/arte)
„Pankow Garden Plotters“ (!0x48 min., RBB/arte)
„Where is the wall?“ (87 min., ZDF/arte, MDR, RBB, WDR, ETB, Télé Québec, TV3, YLE)
„Living on 8mm“ (43 min., MDR)

2008
„Cook ´n live „ (12 x 26 min., ZDF/arte)
„Life on the river“ (5×43 min., ZDF/arte)
„Pankow Garden Plotters“ (2×43 min., RBB / ARD)
„Part time workers – the new poor“ (60 min., MDR/arte)
„Love on 8 mm“ (70 min., MDR/arte)
„Christmas on 8mm“ (43 min., MDR)
„See mountains- Hidden secrets“ (43 min., Radio Bremen/arte)
„Islands: Sardegna“ (43 min., SWR/arte)
„My life: Gloria von Thurn und Taxis“ (52 min., ZDF/arte)

2007
„Cook ´n live „ (10 x 26 min., ZDF/ arte)
„Uprise in the arctic sea“ (3 x 43 min., WDR/ RBB / arte)
„Welcome to Europe“ (90 min., ZDF/arte, Journalism Award of the European Parlament)
„Let´s keep it organic(52 min., ZDF/arte)
„Cleaning the sun deck“ (30 min., ZDF)
„Land without doctors“ (30 min., NDR)

2006
„Cook ´n live“ (10 x 26 min., arte/ZDF)
„The shop.“ (10 x 26 min., arte/ZDF)
„The 4th Cataract“ (43 min., arte/ZDF)
„Argan Oil“ (43 min., arte/ZDF)
„37 Degrees: Dyscalulia –   I´m not dumb!“ (28 min., ZDF)
„Shoes for the soul“ (43 min., NDR)
„Child adoption“ (43 min., NDR)

2005
„Cook ´n live“ (10 x 26 min., arte/ZDF)
„School Stories“ (6 x 26 min., arte/ZDF)
„Tsunami-Warners“ (43 min., arte/RBB)

2004
„Cook ´n live“ (10 x 26 min., arte/ZDF)
„School Stories“ (6 x 26 min., arte/ZDF)
„Splendour of the earth“ (3 x 42 min., arte/ RBB)

2003
„Cook ´n live“ (10 x à 26 min., arte/ZDF)
„School Stories“ (10 x 26 min., arte/ZDF)
„Job report – The first man on the building site“ (38 min.; Kabel 1)

2002
„Cook ´n live…“  (12 x 26 min., arte/ZDF)
„Bath paradises“ (4 x 42 min., arte / ZDF)

2001
„Cook ´n live“ (13 x 29 min., arte/ZDF)
„The best garlic under the sun (45 min., arte/ZDF)
„Beloved gangsters“ (Dokumentation für einen Themenabend, 72 min., arte/ZDF)
„When cranes travel“ (38 min.; Kabel 1)

1999
„Mein Country, my love – European writers and her home“ (5×43 min., arte/ZDF)

1998-99
„n-tv classic“ (30×30 min., n-tv)

1997-98
„ntv books“  (20×30 min., n-tv)

1996-97
„Classic Clips“ (6x 30 min., ORB)