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Jonas Katzenstein (*1980) began his career as an audio engineer in 2002. Two years later he founded the recording studio "artaudio" in Cologne. In 2008 he created the film production company augenschein Filmproduktion together with Maximilian Leo.
Apr 8, 2020 · Jonas Katzenstein is the co-founder, with Maximilian Leo, of Cologne-based augenschein Filmproduktion. Over the past year or so the company has steadily extended its slate beyond international...
Company. German based augenschein Filmproduktion was founded in 2008 by Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo and has since produced and financed more than 30 international films. The company has earned a solid reputation as go-to-producers by focusing on international English-language quality feature films including the recent Scott Free co ...
- Rising Stars
- The Shoot
- Bridge Between The Us and Europe
Katzenstein first encountered Vollrath when the producer was a member of the jury of the Max Orpheuls Festival for new German talent in 2015. Vollrath won the main prize for Everything Will Be Okay. “Two weeks after we met on stage Patrick pitched me two projects,” Katzenstein recalls. “He said, ’I just have the logline for one. There’s a movie tha...
Principal photography was scheduled for November 2017 at the MMC Studios in Cologne, using the training plane augenschein had bought. A few extra days were also planned on location in Vienna. However just before Cannes of that year Dano was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with the Showtime series Escape At Dannemora. “We found Joseph...
Katzenstein’s aim is that 7500 is the beginning of a new way of working for augenschein. He hopes it is one that will bring together the international talent with whom they have been making films for the past 11 years, with the company’s ability to raise money out of Germany and the potential global platform offered by their newly-forged US relatio...
Jul 1, 2021 · EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein (augenschein Filmproduktion, DE) produced Stowaway by Joe Penna, the film about a blind passenger on a spaceship, which is available on Netflix and in cinemas in Germany and France.
May 15, 2022 · Key personnel: Jonas Katzenstein, CEO and producer; Maximilian Leo, CEO and producer; Jonathan Saubach, head of sales and producer.
augenschein Filmproduktion was founded in 2008 by producers Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo and is based in Cologne and Hamburg. The company has produced more than 25 national and international director-driven feature films with a global audience appeal. augenschein produces and develops their own projects working closely with directors ...
