2012: The Final Prophecy

1 x 60 min Special; Executive Producer: Andreas Gutzeit

Premiering November 8, 2009 at 10pm ET on National Geographic Channel, 2012: The Final Prophecy coincides with the release of the Hollywood blockbuster by Roland Emmerich later this year and explores the validity of the Mayan doomsday scenario with the help of a young charismatic geologist. This one-hour special is shot across four continents and provides a dramatic scientific explanation about what will happen in 2012.

Gearing Up

1 x 2 hr Special; Co-Produced with KETC-TV for CPB
Executive Producers: Andreas Gutzeit & John Lindsay

Gearing UP is an inspirational 90-minute co-production with PBS member station KETC-TV that follows a diverse group of high school students as they explore math, science and technology while competing against each other with Robots.  The film charts the world of discovery, challenge and growth that the teams and their mentors experience over the course of the competition, while highlighting the stories of several members of each team as they face unique challenges in their lives.

Crime Town, USA

26 x 30 min Series; Executive Producer: Carsten Oblaender

Crime Town, USA is a 26X30 series about the most shocking true stories of violent crime in small town America.  Told by the men and women of law enforcement who investigated these mind-boggling murder mysteries, this is the next big series from the producers of the true crime hits Body of Evidence, Psychic Detectices, Real Interrogations and Real NCIS.

Un-Natural

3 x 60 min Series; Executive Producer: Andreas Gutzeit

Un-Natural is a 3-part mini-series that dives into the most frightening supernatural mysteries from around the world. But these stories are not the nth rendition of Big Foot or Nessie.  Every episode reveals that local superstitions are actually rooted in bizarre but entirely natural phenomena.

Chimp Dynasty

13 x 30 min Series; Executive Producer: Carsten Oblaender

Chimp Dynasty is a 13X30 wildlife series chronicling the extraordinary lives of two chimpanzee families over 15 years. In cooperation with the Jane Goodall Institute, this series includes exclusive key behavioral scenes never before seen.  They portray a group of chimpanzees as they struggle from birth to death, explore love and intrigue and are engaged in an epic tale of warfare and survival.

 

Judgment Day

Limited Series
Executive Producer: Carsten Oblaender; Series Producer: Patrick Rogers

Judgment Day takes a raw and honest look at how the 24 hours of sentencing day in a capital crime trial effects all the major players involved in the case. Filmed in true gritty documentary style, each episode of Judgment Day provides viewers with the intense and personal stories of the men and woman brought together on the day of sentencing.

Family members will stand and face their loved one’s killer. Convicted murderers will stand and account for their actions. For family members of victims, it is the one time they can tell the court and the world how their lives have been devastated. For the convicted criminal it is a chance to explain their actions, ask for forgiveness, or remain silent about their crime.

Cold Case Dresden

1 x 45 min Special; 2009; Produced for ZDF; Executive Producer: Jens Afflerbach; Producer: Birgit Tanner; Editor: Ramin Sabeti

In September 1977 unknown thieves succeeded in stealing countless gold rings, bracelets and necklaces from the Dresden Museum in broad daylight. The robbery of this multi-million dollar treasure, the "Sophienschatz," went down as one of the biggest coups in the history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Despite tremendous investigative efforts, the police were unable to track down the treasure or the perpetrators. The documentary Cold Case Dresden (working title) is a story of how a former investigator in this Dresden Coup manages to recover the bulk of the treasure after 22 years, but also re-opens this case with new evidence, exposing it as a prime example of governmental crime in the former GDR-Administration.

Duel at the North Pole

1 x 45 min Special; 2009; Produced for ZDF; Executive Producer: Jens Afflerbach; Producer: Simone Schillinger; Editor: Holger Finck

In 1909, two men simultaneously lay claim to discovering the North Pole: The German-American doctor and explorer, Frederick A. Cook, and the US Navy officer, Robert E. Peary. The two are ensnared in a bitter dual of lies and deceit, in which Peary emerges with the coveted title.

The documentary Duel at the North Pole (working title) tells the story of this timeless polar drama and follows the combined clues of decade-long investigations by an American researcher. New evidence and spectacular footage by a British polar expedition, in which Peary's historic expedition is repeated, deliver baffling results...