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Filming starts for NEXT EXIT HAPPINESS

Filming starts for NEXT EXIT HAPPINESS

Published 28. June 2024

Firmling began for the current season of NEXT EXIT HAPPINESS. This year, I am directing three prime time features on behalf of Producers at Work for the successful ZDF Herzkino series with Valerie Niehaus, Ernst Stoetzner, Susanna Simon, Winnie Boewe, Fabian Gerhardt, Bert Tischendorf, Sebastian Schneider and many more. The ensemble is complemented by many great colleagues in front of and behind the camera. We are shooting in Eisenach, Potsdam and the surrounding area on a total of 63 days. You can look forward to it.

Christian Popp (Producers at work) is the producer, Magdalena Frau the producer and Wolfgang Grundmann the ZDF editor in charge.

*Photo by Christiane Pausch

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TV premiere – YOUR PERFECT YEAR

TV premiere – YOUR PERFECT YEAR

Published 16. March 2024

Sunday, March 24 is going to be the day! My romantic comedy, YOUR PERFECT YEAR, opens this year’s “Herzkino” season on ZDF. The film will air at the best time at 8:15 pm – prime time movie! One week earlier, from Saturday, March 16th, on the film will be available in the ZDF streaming platform (here). You can find more information about the movie on my site and the German press kit of ZDF here. Have a look!

*photo by Georges Pauly

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About dreaming and making plans

About dreaming and making plans

Published 16. October 2023

After 21 wonderful days of shooting on great locations, with magical scenes, awesome actors and an astonishing team at my side, I’m looking forward to the “perfect” cut of my third feature film this year. Luckily, my or rather YOUR PERFECT YEAR continues now in the edit suite, after I’ve shot it for Bavaria Fiction & ZDF. Here’s a nice photo from the set with part of my main cast: Anneke Kim Sarnau and Stefan Jürgens. (Photo © Georges Pauly)

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A story about KISSES and FROGS

A story about KISSES and FROGS

Published 10. October 2023

There’s a great new love in my fourth episode of the successful TV-series MALIBU.
MALIBU #4 – KISS THE FROG will soon be available in the Mediathek. Linear and live screening will be possible via ZDF on Sunday 22nd October 2023 at 20:15 pm.
Next to Karla Nina Diedrich (as Jantje) and our campers, Dennenesch Zoudé and Karl Seibt also joined the main cast, next to other great colleagues.

Click here for the trailer of season 2!

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YOUR PERFECT YEAR

YOUR PERFECT YEAR

Published 9. September 2023

My perfect year continues with a third wonderful feature film shoot. In this case, it is an adaptation of the novel YOUR PERFECT YEAR by Charlotte Lucas. Filming will take place from mid-September to mid-October in Hamburg with an already enchanting cast and great team. YOUR PERFECT YEAR is a production of Bavaria Fiction on behalf of ZDF and is editorially supervised by Katharina Görtz. The screenplay is by Bert Koß. Director of Photography is Philip Jestädt. Producer is Doris Zander, junior producer is Hannah Liebrenz. The film will be magically beautiful. Keep your eyes open for it!

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FABULIX with ZITTERINCHEN

FABULIX with ZITTERINCHEN

Published 8. May 2023

This summer, there is a chance to see ZITTERINCHEN on the big screen again! The International Fairy Tale Film Festival in Annaberg-Buchholtz will once again enchant the children and adult audience between July 5 – 7 with my beautiful fairy tale. Don’t miss it!

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MALIBU Season 2

MALIBU Season 2

Published 9. April 2023

MALIBU, the successful primetime series, will start into it’s second season soon. This year, I will be directing two more of the three new features about the campsite at Lake Plön, Germany. We are already in preproduction, starting filming in the next days. Can’t wait for our SISTERHEARTS and a new love in KISS THE FROG.

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