Benjamin Benedict joins management team of W&B Television

Quirin Berg, Chief Production and Chief Creative Officer of LEONINE Studios, says: ‘Benjamin, Max and I share a very collegial, friendly dialogue and we have always looked at Benjamin's work as a producer and manager with the utmost respect. His close partnership with many of the best creatives, his focus on projects with exceptional quality, the range of his subjects and successes is extraordinary and makes him an absolutely outstanding figure in the film and series world. It’s a great honor and pleasure for us to now be able to tackle the enormous opportunities of our time together’.

Benjamin Benedict adds: ‘Wiedemann & Berg is an outstanding and pioneering company, repeatedly setting new benchmarks for successful storytelling. Their demand for quality and popularity as well as their artistic and commercial successes are impressive and very inspiring. As a viewer, I am a huge fan of their projects like "The Lives of Others", "Dark", "Pagan Peak", "4 Blocks" or "Para – We Are King" and "Almost Fly". I've known Quirin and Max for over 15 years and really appreciate and admire their work and creativity. In spring of this year, we agreed on a future together. I am thrilled to find a new home at Wiedemann & Berg and LEONINE Studios and extremely excited to get new and special projects off the ground and join the great team at Wiedemann & Berg’.

Benjamin Benedict is one of the most renowned and successful producers in the German television industry. He worked at UFA Fiction as Head of High End Drama, Managing director and Producer. His productions include award-winning TV events such as THE TOWER, DER FALL JAKOB VON METZLER, REDEMPTION ROAD, KRUSO, ALTES LAND, ELDORADO KADEWE, the International Emmy Award-winning miniseries GENERATION WAR, the award-winning television films BORNHOLMER STRASSE, HOMEVIDEO, AUF KURZE DISTANZ and NAKED AMONG WOLVES, the DONNA LEON-, ALLMEN- and CHARLOTTE LINK-franchise series, the series OUR WONDERFUL YEARS and LEGAL AFFAIRS as well as the successful brands KU'DAMM and CHARITÉ.

His productions have been awarded the Rose D'Or, the Grimme Prize, the Bambi, the Golden Camera and the German Television Award, among others. He is also an honorary professor at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and teaches at various film schools. Before he started his career in the media industry, he graduated with master degrees in Film Studies and Literature from Paris and Oxford.

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