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The German scripted label set up by executive producer Moritz Polter and ITV Studios in April has been named Windlight Pictures, and has revealed three key hires.
Simone Ruff and Cosima Degler have joined as producers and development executives, while Georg Höss is head of legal and business affairs.
Polter is based in Germany with an international scope and reports into Lisa Perrin, managing director of international production at ITV Studios in London. He was previously executive producer of international television series at Bavaria Fiction.
Ruff is also from Bavaria Fiction, where she has been working with Polter for the last two years, and produced
the acclaimed series “Freud” (Netflix/Orf).
Degler (“Millennials”) has been part of the Hager Moss Film team, an affiliated company of Constantin Television, since 2018.
Höss (“Brecht”) joins from Bavaria Film where he was head of legal and business affairs and a member of the management board for many years,...
The German scripted label set up by executive producer Moritz Polter and ITV Studios in April has been named Windlight Pictures, and has revealed three key hires.
Simone Ruff and Cosima Degler have joined as producers and development executives, while Georg Höss is head of legal and business affairs.
Polter is based in Germany with an international scope and reports into Lisa Perrin, managing director of international production at ITV Studios in London. He was previously executive producer of international television series at Bavaria Fiction.
Ruff is also from Bavaria Fiction, where she has been working with Polter for the last two years, and produced
the acclaimed series “Freud” (Netflix/Orf).
Degler (“Millennials”) has been part of the Hager Moss Film team, an affiliated company of Constantin Television, since 2018.
Höss (“Brecht”) joins from Bavaria Film where he was head of legal and business affairs and a member of the management board for many years,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Pictured above: The ‘Das Boot’ crew – Colin Teevan (head writer of season 2), Tom Wlaschiha (actor), Clemens Schick (actor), Oliver Vogel (Bavaria Fiction chief creative officer and Ep on ‘Das Boot’), Vicky Krieps (actor), Rick Okon (actor).
Bavaria Fiction celebrated its latest TV productions at a glitzy soirée at Soho House in Berlin on Monday.
The powerhouse TV division of Bavaria Film has enjoyed huge success with “Das Boot” and its newest series, “Freud,” opened this year’s Berlinale Series sidebar. It’s also rolling out “Arctic Circle,” a Finnish-German coproduction, which recently premiered on Zdf.
Bavaria Fiction focuses largely on the German-speaking market but it’s looking to further expand its portfolio.
“We moved into international productions four years ago with ‘Das Boot,’ a hugely successful series, being sold to over 100 countries, including Hulu in the U.S.,” says Bavaria Fiction managing director Jan S. Kaiser.
“Das Boot” season two premieres on Sky in April.
Bavaria Fiction celebrated its latest TV productions at a glitzy soirée at Soho House in Berlin on Monday.
The powerhouse TV division of Bavaria Film has enjoyed huge success with “Das Boot” and its newest series, “Freud,” opened this year’s Berlinale Series sidebar. It’s also rolling out “Arctic Circle,” a Finnish-German coproduction, which recently premiered on Zdf.
Bavaria Fiction focuses largely on the German-speaking market but it’s looking to further expand its portfolio.
“We moved into international productions four years ago with ‘Das Boot,’ a hugely successful series, being sold to over 100 countries, including Hulu in the U.S.,” says Bavaria Fiction managing director Jan S. Kaiser.
“Das Boot” season two premieres on Sky in April.
- 2/25/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
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