04.03.2024 – 10:01

LEONINE Studios expands production division and launches new label LEONINE Documentaries headed by Jochen Koestler

LEONINE Studios expands production division and launches new label LEONINE Documentaries headed by Jochen Koestler

Munich/Cologne, March 4, 2024 – Germany’s market-leading media company LEONINE Studios expands its production division and launches the new label LEONINE Documentaries headed by Jochen Koestler. LEONINE Studios enhances the existing documentary expertise of the award-winning production companies beetz brothers film production and i&u TV with commercial and popular topics, particularly in the genres biopic, portrait and docu-follow.

Alongside Jochen Koestler, who has been Executive Vice President Non-Fiction at LEONINE Studios since January 1, 2024, Executive Producer Janek Romero and Line Producer Andreas Tuerpe are responsible for the development and production of all LEONINE Documentaries projects. The trio has already worked in various roles and constellations on such successful and acclaimed documentaries as JAN ULLRICH - DER GEJAGTE (Prime Video), DER ANSCHLAG - ANGRIFF AUF DEN BVB (Sky), SCHICKERIA - ALS MÜNCHEN NOCH SEXY WAR (Prime Video) and 22. JULI - DIE SCHÜSSE VON MÜNCHEN (Sky).

Jochen Koestler, EVP Non-Fiction at LEONINE Studios, says: "LEONINE Documentaries stands for topics and people that shape the zeitgeist. Our goal is to produce premium commercial documentaries for a broad audience with a perfect blend of information, entertainment and great production value. With the new label, we expand LEONINE Studios’ premium content portfolio in the non-fiction sector and enhance the outstanding documentary expertise of LEONINE’s beetz brothers film production and the strong information program segment of LEONINE’s i&u TV with additional high-potential growth genres in documentaries. We’re planning to expand this program area in line with market demand.”

Executive Producer Janek Romero and Line Producer Andreas Tuerpe add: "Thanks to LEONINE Studios' excellent internal and external network, the strong business relationships with all streamers and broadcasters in Germany and well-known international players, we have a perfect starting point for the realization of promising stories and will now fully focus on the development and expansion of our production slate."

About Jochen Koestler

Before Jochen Koestler joined LEONINE Studios he served as Managing Director of Constantin Entertainment for the past six years. In addition to building the business with streaming platforms and successful formats such as the Amazon Original LAST ONE LAUGHING, whose first season he co-produced, and the reality series GERMANY SHORE, Jochen Koestler produced series such as K11 - DIE NEUEN FÄLLE for Sat.1, DARF ER DAS? - DIE CHRIS TALL SHOW for RTL and the series DER RTL COMEDY GRAND PRIX. Furthermore, he established and headed the documentary division at Constantin with successful projects such as the highly acclaimed Amazon Original BILD.MACHT.DEUTSCHLAND?, the most successful Sky Original documentary of all times DER ANSCHLAG - ANGRIFF AUF DEN BVB, as well as the two high-end documentary series JAN ULLRICH - DER GEJAGTE for Prime Video and INSIDE GREENPEACE - WAS BRAUCHT ES, UM DIE WELT ZU RETTEN? for Sky. During his time at Constantin Entertainment, he also served as Managing Director of the subsidiaries in Serbia, the Czech Republic and Romania, where he was responsible for globally successful formats such as KITCHEN NIGHTMARES and COME DINE WITH ME, among others.

About LEONINE Studios

LEONINE Studios is Germany’s leading independent media company – the one stop shop for premium content. We partner with outstanding talent to create content that inspires audiences around the world.

Together, the LEONINE Studios companies produce, co-produce, distribute and license premium content – covering the entire value chain of the content business. We produce films, series and content for social media – from entertainment to infotainment, fiction and non-fiction.

LEONINE Studios distribution and licensing brings content to theaters, home entertainment, television and streaming networks, and social media channels. Our market-leading license library includes programs in all formats and genres.

LEONINE Studios is an independent company, making premium content available to all players in the media industry.

Press contact

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