EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Constantin producer Constanze Guttmann is joining the Leonine Documentaries team.
Guttmann was most recently co-producer of Oscar nominee and ten-time German Film Award nominee September 5, about the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games. She is also known for 2021 feature The Colony, Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives, which won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Cinematography, the series Inside A Family, and recent fantasy film Hagen.
During her ten-year run at Constantin Film and Constantin Television, she collaborated with filmmakers including Andreas Dresen and Tim Fehlbaum, while also helping to foster new creatives such as Helene Hegemann and Jakob Lass under the creative label Alpenrot.
Jochen Köstler, Executive Vice President Non-Fiction at the Mediawan-backed Leonine Group, said: “With Constanze Guttmann, we are gaining a producer who brings a wealth of experience and an excellent network as well as impressive creativity. Her expertise in cinematic storytelling of fictional content is a perfect match for our goal to produce premium commercial documentaries for a broad audience with a perfect blend of information, entertainment and great production value.”
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Constanze Guttmann added: “I am thrilled to be working with the talented team at Leonine Documentaries on compelling projects and to pursue my passion for great stories. The creativity and drive here is infectious and I look forward to embarking on this exciting journey.”
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