Windlight Pictures


Windlight Pictures hires Bavaria alum to head up post

ITV Studios-backed Windlight Pictures has appointed Andreas Kohl as head of post-production and development executive. The Munich-based scripted firm, which launched last year and is headed up by former Bavaria Fiction exec Moritz Polter, is focused on German drama that resonates globally. It is currently in production on its first commission, an adaptation of Frank […]

StarzPlay to adapt graphic novel ‘Night In Paradise’ as first German original

Lionsgate-owned streamer StarzPlay has ordered an adaptation of Frank Schmolke’s graphic novel Night In Paradise as its first-ever German language original. The 6 x 45-minute series also marks the first commission for ITV Studios-owned Windlight Studios, which was founded last year by Das Boot executive producer Moritz Polter, with the show being co-produced by Heinrich Ambrosch’s […]

Moritz Polter’s ITVS-backed Windlight hires Bavaria alum as production chief

Moritz Polter’s ITV Studios-backed Windlight Pictures has hired another alum from Bavaria Film, this time to lead its production efforts. Andreas Habermaier will join on 1 February as head of production for Munich-based Windlight, which was launched in 2021 by former Bavaria Fiction exec Polter. Habermaier was previously line producer of several Tatort TV movies […]

ITVS & Polter add Bavaria execs to scripted prodco

ITV Studios (ITVS) and former Bavaria Fiction exec Moritz Polter have revealed the name of their new German scripted label, which has also hired three execs – including two from his former company. The firm, first revealed in April, is called Windlight Pictures and says it will focus on German drama that resonates globally. Bavaria […]