Doclights
| Doclights | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2010 |
| Seat | Hamburg - Tonndorf |
| management | Michaela Hummel, Jörn Röver |
| Branch | Film and television production |
| Website | www.doclights.de |
The DocLights GmbH is a German documentary film - production company for TV and new media formats and movies.
history
The Doclights was founded in 2010. It combines two areas of the Studio Hamburg production house , factual entertainment and NDR nature film. Doclights develops and produces non-fictional programs, especially reports, documentaries, documentary soaps, factual entertainment and nature films. It is a subsidiary of Studio Hamburg Produktion Gruppe GmbH and ZDF Enterprises .
The managing directors of Doclights are Michaela Hummel and Jörn Röver .
Films (selection)
- Until 2013: Leopard, Seebär & Co. (4 seasons, ARD)
- 2010: Serengeti (feature film, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm and Universum, director: Reinhard Radke, speaker: Hardy Krüger jr.)
- 2011: Russia - In the realm of tigers, bears and volcanoes (movie, author: Jörn Röver, speaker: Siegfried Rauch)
- 2011: Wildes Scandinavia (7 episodes, directors: Jan Haft, Oliver Goetzl, Uwe Anders, Tobias Mennle, Heiko De Groot, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with National Geographic, Animal Planet, S4C, ORF, Arte, SVT)
- 2011: Wildes Deutschland (ongoing series since 2011, also other ARD stations)
- 2011–2012: By master craftsmen - traditional professions are looking for young talent (6 episodes, NDR)
- 2012: The Green Wonder - Our Forest (feature film, director: Jan Haft, speaker: Benno Fürmann)
- 2012: Longing for Mongolia with Markus Lanz (ZDF)
- 2012–2016: The Buffalo Ranch (ZDF)
- 2013: Alfred Brehm - The feelings of animals (arte / NDR)
- 2013: The money stays in the village (Servus TV)
- 2013: The North Sea - Our Sea (movie, author: Jörn Röver, speaker: Axel Prahl)
- 2013: The return of the predators (2 episodes, director: Holger Vogt, moderation: Tim Berendonk)
- 2013: On the run - The Experiment (4 episodes, ZDFneo / ZDF)
- 2013: The star on my couch (20 episodes, ZDF)
- 2013–2015 With heart and hammer (17 episodes, ZDF)
- 2014: Destiny Poverty Trap - with Judith Rakers (NDR)
- 2014: The racist in us (ZDFneo)
- 2014: Project Hühnerhof (2 episodes, ZDF)
- 2014: Secrets in the Garden (2 episodes, director: Jan Haft, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with Arte and ORF)
- 2014: Mythos Kongo (3 episodes, director: Thomas Behrend, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with WDR, Arte, ORF, National Geographic)
- 2015: Wildes Australien (5 episodes, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with Arte, Terra Mater, National Geographic)
- 2015: Planet Germany (movie, a co-production of Doclights with Group 5)
- 2015: Real time - high price for cheap clothes with Collien Ulmen-Fernandes (RTL2)
- 2015: ZDFdonnerstalk with Dunja Hayali (pilot & 4 episodes, ZDF)
- 2015: suddenly war? - An experiment (4 episodes, ZDFneo)
- 2015: Discover music with Thomas Hengelbrock (2 episodes, ARTE)
- 2015: Judith Rakers in Silicon Valley (NDR)
- 2015: Behind enemy lines - NATO deserters in the GDR (ZDFinfo)
- 2015: New beginning in Hamburg - From refugee to refugee helper (ZDFinfo)
- 2016: America's natural wonders (9 episodes, a co-production of NDR Naturfilm with National Geographic US, Arte, ORF)
- 2016: The New Neighbors - Refugees in Berlin (ZDFinfo)
- 2017: Wildes New Zealand (3 episodes, directed by Robert Morgenstern, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with BBC, Arte, ORF, National Geographic)
- 2017: Wild South Africa (4 episodes, a co-production by NDR Naturfilm with BR, RBB, Terra Mater, National Geographic)
- 2017: Manipulated (with Sascha Lobo, ZDFneo)
- 2017: Mission Che Guevara - The German who became his fate (ZDFinfo)
- 2016: Thomas Hengelbrock and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester (ARTE)
- 2017: Poor, rich Germany - prosperity in danger? (ZDFreportage)
Awards (selection)
- 2008 Best moderation for "Yukon Adventure", Wildscreen (England)
- 2009 Best Cinematography for "Mythos Forest", Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival (USA)
- 2010 Panasonic Cinematography Award for "Mythos Forest", Wildscreen (England)
- 2010 nomination for best camera nature for "Wild Russia - Kamchatka", News and Documentary Emmy Awards (USA)
- 2010 Gold World Medal for "Wild Russia (Series)", New York Film Festival (USA)
- 2011 Best Sound for "Serengeti" and Marian Zunz Newcomer Award for "Helgoland - Insel im Sturm", Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival (USA)
- 2011 nomination for Best Documentary for “Wildes Japan”, International Emmy Awards (New York / USA)
- 2012 Herbert Quandt Media Prize for "From a master craftsman - traditional professions are looking for young talent"
- 2012 Animal Behavior Award for “Hero from the Jungle Book - The Sloth Bear” and Best Editing for “The Green Wonder - Our Forest”, Wildscreen (England)
- 2012 Wilderness Nature Prize for "Hero from the Jungle Book - The Sloth Bear" and Prize of the Children's Jury for Wild Germany - Saxon Switzerland, Darss Nature Film Festival, Germany
- 2012 Best Cinematography for “Hunters of the Andes - The Puma”, Green Screen Nature Film Festival, Germany
- 2013 The German Television Award, Best Entertainment Documentary / Docutainment category for "On the Run - The Experiment" (ZDFneo / ZDF)
- 2013 Best Film for “Wild Scandinavia - Norway”, Animal Behavior Society Film Festival (ABS), USA
- 2014 Wildlife Film Prize for “The Greater Caucasus” and Music Prize for “The Congo Myth - River of Extreme”, NaturVision, Germany
- 2014 Best Cinematography for “Australia - In the Realm of the Giant Kangaroos” and Heinz Sielmann Film Prize for “The Return of the Predators”, Green Screen Nature Film Festival, Germany
- 2015 Catholic media award for “New beginning in Hamburg - From refugee to refugee helper”, award journalistic WERTvoll
- 2015 Herbert Quandt Media Prize for “Project Hühnerhof” with Dirk Steffens
- 2015 Best Wildlife Habitat Program for “The Myth of the Congo - River of Extreme”, Jury Award for “Mysterious Garden - Spring Awakening”, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, USA
- 2015 Best Film Wilderness and Nature, Best Editing and Audience Award for “America's Natural Wonders - Saguaro”, Darsser Naturfilmfestival, Germany
- 2016 Best Documentary for “America's Natural Wonders - Yosemite”, NYLA (New York Los Angeles International Film Festival), USA
- 2017 German Wildlife Film Award for "Ethiopia - In the highlands of the wolves", NaturVision, Germany
- 2017 nomination for Outstanding Narrator for "Wild New Zealand" / Sam Neill, US Emmy Awards
- 2017 nomination for Outstanding Cinematography Documentary for “Wild New Zealand”, News & Documentary Emmy Awards, USA
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Foundation of the Doclights: http://gruppe.studio-hamburg.de/index.php?id=86&tx_ttnews [tt_news] = 867 & cHash = 96ffc0e5cc.