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Martin Pieper becomes International Producer at gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion
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Martin Pieper becomes International Producer at gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion
- As International Producer, he will be responsible for international coproductions
- Martin Pieper comes from ZDF/ARTE, where he was head of editing for over 300 international documentaries and documentaries
Berlin, September 26, 2023 - The experienced documentary expert Martin Pieper will strengthen the team of gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion as International Producer from 01.10. 2023. He comes from ZDF, where he headed the ZDF/ARTE editorial departments "Culture and Science", "THEMA" most recently "News/ARTE" for more than 20 years. In his new role, he is responsible for the international co-production activities of gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion and will be instrumental in furthering the internationalization of the content of the award-winning production company. He reports to producer and managing director Christian Beetz.
With over two decades of experience in the international documentary industry, Martin Pieper brings with him impressive expertise and a deep understanding of the complex challenges and opportunities of the documentary market. The engagement of Martin Pieper follows the previous successful collaboration with gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion on the Armenian Academy Award® entry AURORA’S SUNRISE and the multi-award winning documentaries GAZA and THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED, which were nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Christian Beetz says: "With Martin Pieper, we are gaining an experienced international producer whose commitment to high-quality productions fits perfectly with our content focus. He has an excellent international network and will play a significant role in furthering our internationalization and our focus on producing relevant documentaries with a global perspective for an international audience."
Martin Pieper, International Producer at gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion adds: "I have known gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion since its foundation and have long been able to follow their constant struggle for viewers, the search for innovative forms of storytelling and the visual implementation to make complex topics exciting and understandable. They have thus become a reference internationally as well. As the "Godfather" says. An offer you can't refuse!"
In his career to date, Martin Pieper has worked with renowned and award-winning documentary directors and producers, including Eugene Jarecki ("Reagan," "The House I Live In"), Alex Gibney ("Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God"), Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith ("The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"), Liz Garbus ("Bobby Fischer Against the World"), Janus Metz ("Camp Armadillo"), Christian Frei ("The Giant Buddhas," "Space Tourists," "Genesis 2.0.") and Sam Hobkinson ("Misha and the Wolves").
Martin Pieper has been involved in numerous international initiatives, such as the international programming focuses with numerous award-winning productions WHY DEMOCRACY, WHY SLAVERY and WHY PLASTIC by initiative THE WHY, which is dedicated to the promotion of human rights through journalistically based documentaries. Furthermore he was engaged in the project GENERATION AFRICA, which tells of migration experiences from the perspective of the African youth and was created in collaboration with local African authors and directors. In addition, he was a member of the EBU Documentary Expert Group for more than 10 years and a member of the allocation committee of MFG film funding Baden-Württemberg until 2022.
He received the Grimme Award for the ZDF/ARTE series "INTO THE NIGHT WITH/DURCH DIE NACHT MIT...". He has been a member of the international jury at the Aarhus Film Festival and Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, an expert at EAVE, Eurodocs, EDN, Documentary Campus and many more, has led and co-directed workshops on documentary film in Algiers, the Film Studies Institute of the University of Mainz or the Georg von Vollmar Academy and has been a guest lecturer at the Film Academy Ludwigsburg .
About gebrueder beetz film production
Since its foundation in 2000, gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion has produced more than 250 high-quality documentaries, series and theatrical documentaries for the national and international market and is listed among the 200 most important production companies worldwide by the leading industry magazine "Realscreen". Current productions include the internationally acclaimed and award-winning Sky Original documentary series JUAN CARLOS – DOWNFALL OF THE KING.
Its productions regularly compete in major international A-list festivals and have received more than 100 awards, including the Grimme Award, the Cinema for Peace Award, the International Documentary Award, the Prix Europa, the German Film Award, the HotDocs Filmmakers Award, the British Independent Award, the Wirtschaftsfilmpreis of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, the Rockie Award, and the Special Jury Award of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion stands for committed films, rousing storytelling and a wide range of topics from gripping crime documentaries to touching biographies, spectacular nature and adventure series to contemporary music and cultural productions. Each year, 12 to 15 selected films and documentary series are produced. To further develop the classic narrative structures in cinema, TV and streaming, gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion complements its productions with innovative cross-media formats such as web-docs, apps, social media campaigns, educational games, exhibitions, media events and books.
gebrueder beetz Filmproduktion is a LEONINE Studios company.
Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion Berlin GmbH & Co. KG • Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin • Amtsgericht Charlottenburg • HRA 41032B • Geschäftsführer: Reinhardt Beetz, Christian Beetz • Persönlich haftender Gesellschafterin: Gebrüder Beetz Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH • Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin • Amtsgericht Charlottenburg • HRB 244128B