Prof. Frank Döhmann, film producer and filmmaker, has been professor of film production at the KHM since 2001.
In 1978 he founded the company Dr Muschnik Film & Theater Produktion. In the 1980s Frank Döhmann worked as a production manager, in the 1990s as a line producer on numerous national and international cinema and TV productions for the production companies Tag/Traum, Geißendörfer Film, Gerhard Schmidt Films, Cologne Film, Gemini Film, Gruppe 5 and Columbia Tristar Filmproduktion.
Frank Döhmann was the managing director of Colonia Media Köln from 1998 to 2004, at Studio Hamburg Produktion in 2005, at Novafilm and Nostro Film from 2006 to 2009 as well as at Badlands Film from 2009 to 2013. Collaborations with the directors C. Bould, C. Donner, T.C. Fischer, M. Glasner, D. Graf, O. Hirschbiegel, A. Kleinert, L. Kraume, S. Macartney, M. von Trotta among others.
FILMOGRAPHY (selection)
2013 “PINOCCHIO” (two-part TV event) line producer + producer, FFP New Media GmbH, director: Anna Justice, in coproduction with WDR/ ARD, with Mario Adorf, Ulrich Tukur, Benjamin Sadler, Inka Friedrich, Sandra Hüller, Florian Lukas
2012 “MEINE SCHWESTERN” (cinema), producer, Badlands Film GmbH, director: Lars Kraume, in coproduction with NDR/Arte (Berlinale 2013 - Panorama) with Nina Kunzendorf, Jördis Triebel, Angela Winkler, Béatrice Dalle
2012 “URBANATIX – WELCOME TO THE MACHINE” (live 3D recording – street art show), producer
2011 “WAS WEG IS, IS WEG” (cinema), line producer, Deutschfilm GmbH with Senator Film, director: Christian Lerch, in coproduction with BR/ Degeto, with Maximilian Brückner, Nina Proll, Jürgen Tonkel, Marie Leuenberger
2010 “THE REAL AMERICAN – JOE MCCARTHY” (cinema), executive producer, HMR Produktion GmbH, director: Lutz Hachmeister, in coproduction with ZDF/ Arte/BBC and Smithsonian Channel, with John Sessions, Justine Waddell, Trystan Gravelle, Henry Kissinger, Ben Bradlee, Haynes Johnson
2010 “DIE KOMMENDEN TAGE” (cinema), producer, Badlands Film GmbH, director: Lars Kraume, in coproduction with WDR/ Arte /Degeto/ UFA Cinema/ Universal Pictures, Bernadette Heerwagen, Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Johanna Wokalek
2009 “THIS IS LOVE” (cinema), producer, Badlands Film GmbH, director: Mathias Glasner, (Wettbewerb San Sebastian 2009), with Jens Albinus, Jürgen Vogel, Corinna Harfouch
2008 “KLUFTINGER - ERNTEDANK” (TV film), producer, Novafilm GmbH, director: Rainer Kaufmann, in coproduction with BR, with Herbert Knaup, August Zirner, Ulrich Noethen, Sibylle Canonica
2007 “ZWISCHEN HEUTE UND MORGEN” (cinema), producer, Nostro Film GmbH, director: Fred Breinersdorfer, in coproduction with SWR, with Peter Lohmeier, Gesine Cukrowski
2006 “2057 – UNSER LEBEN IN DER ZUKUNFT” (TV event documentary 3 x 90 min.), producer + line producer, Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion GmbH, director: Lars Montag etc., in coproduction with ZDF/ ZDF-Enterprises/ Arte/ SBS/ Science Channel/ Sogecable/ NHK/ Discovery Channel US
2005 “DER FREIE WILLE” (cinema), producer, Colonia Media GmbH, director: Matthias Glasner (Berlinale 2006 - SILBERNER BÄR for Jürgen Vogel), in coproduction with WDR/ Arte, with Jürgen Vogel, Sabine Timoteo, André Hennicke, Manfred Zapatka
2004 “WELCOME HOME” (cinema), producer, Wega Film Wien + Colonia Media GmbH, director: Andreas Gruber, in coproduction with ORF/ ZDF, (Hofer Filmtage), with Georg Friedrich, Jeanette Hain
2003 “KALTER FRÜHLING” (TV film), managing director + line producer, Colonia Media GmbH, director: Dominik Graf, in coproduction with WDR/ Bavaria Media, with Jessica Schwarz, Friedrich von Thun, Matthias Schweighöfer, Angela Roy, Misel Maticevic
2003 “MILCHWALD” (cinema), managing director + coproducer, Colonia Media GmbH/ Fieber Film, director: Christoph Hochhäusler, with Horst-Günter Marx, Judith Engel, Miroslaw Baka
2003 “KLEINE SCHWESTER” (TV film), managing director + line producer, Colonia Media GmbH, director: Sabine Derflinger, in coproduction with ZDF, with Benno Führmann, Maria Simon, Michael Gwisdek, Uwe Kokisch
2002 “MEIN VATER” (TV film), managing director + line producer, Colonia Media GmbH, director: Andreas Kleinert, in coproduction with WDR/ Bavaria International, (International Emmy Award 2003), with Götz George, Klaus J. Behrendt, Ulrike Krumbiegel
2002 “KARAMUK” (cinema), managing director + line producer, Colonia Media GmbH, director: Sylbiye V. Günar, in coproduction with WDR, (Hofer Filmtage), with Anne Kasprik, Adnan Maral
2002 ff “TATORT – MÜNSTER” (TV series), managing director + line producer, Colonia Media GmbH, director: Peter F. Bringmann u.a., in coproduction with WDR, with Jan Josef Liefers, Axel Prahl
2001 “DIE GESCHICHTE DER EAST AFRICAN SAFARI RALLY” (TV documentary), producer, director: Bernd Mosblech, in coproduction with SWR/ Arte
2000 “HOTEL PROVENCAL – AUFSTIEG UND FALL AN DER RIVIERA” (TV documentary), managing director + line producer, director: Lutz Hachmeister, in coproduction with ZDF/ Arte
1999 “DUNKLE TAGE” (TV film), managing director + line producer, Colonia Media GmbH, director: Margarethe von Trotta (Goldene Kamera), with Suzanne von Borsody, Stephanie Stappenbeck
1998 “DAS GELBE VOM EI” (TV film), managing director + line producer, Gemini Film GmbH, director: Lars Becker, in coproduction with ZDF/ Bavaria International, with Dietmar Bär, Meret Becker, Armin Rohde, Heike Makatsch, Moritz Bleibtreu
1997 ff “SCHIMANSKI” (TV series), managing director + line producer, Colonia Media GmbH, director: Mark Schlichter etc., in coproduction with WDR/ Bavaria International, with Götz George
1997 ff “TATORT – KÖLN” (TV series), managing director + line producer, Colonia Media GmbH, director: Torsten C. Fischer u.a., in coproduction with WDR, with Dietmar Bär, Klaus J. Behrendt
1997 “POST MORTEM” (TV film), executive producer, Columbia Tristar Film-+ Fernsehproduktion GmbH, director: Wolfgang F. Hentschel, in coproduction with RTL, with Thomas Rühmann, Friedrich von Thun, Manfred Lehmann, Annette Frier
1996 “NIKOLA” (sitcom), head of production, Columbia Tristar Film-+ Fernsehproduktions GmbH, director: Uli Baumann etc., in coproduction with RTL, (Goldene Rose Montreux, Grimme Prize), with Mariele Millowitsch, Walter Sittler
1995 “MY FRIEND JOE” (cinema), executive producer, Gemini Film GmbH, director: Chris Bould, (Berlinale 1996 - BLAUER BÄR for best children’s and youth film), with Skyler Fisk, Stephen McHattie, Stanley Townsend, Joel Grey
1994 “THE WHIPPING BOY” (cinema), executive in charge of production, Gemini Film GmbH, director: Syd Macartney, (CABLE-ACE-AWARD 95), with Kevin Conway, Vincent Schiavelli, George C. Scott, Mathilda May
1993 “POLSKI CRASH” (cinema), line producer, Gemini Film GmbH, director: Kaspar Heidelbach, in coproduction with WDR, with Jürgen Vogel, Klaus J. Behrendt, Miroslaw Baka, Clotilde Courau
1991 “MURDEROUS DECISIONS” (TV two-channel event film), line producer, Gemini Film GmbH, director: Oliver Hirschbiegel, in coproduction with ARD + ZDF, with Michael Byrne, Nils Tavernier, Mapi Galán, Brigitte Mira
1991 “FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE” (TV film), line producer, Gemini Film GmbH, director: Clive Donner, in coproduction with France/ GB/ USA, with Jennifer Beals, Kate Nelligan
1990 “PIZZA COLONIA” (cinema), line producer, director: Klaus Emmerich, (Bundesfilmpreis für Film, Buch & Hauptdarsteller), in coproduction with WDR/ RAI, with Mario Adorf, Eberhard Feik, Ilaria Occhini, Riccardo Cucciolla
1986 ff “LINDENSTRASSE” (56 episodes, TV series), 1st studio manager/ production manager, GFF-Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Hans W. Geißendörfer, director: Lutz Konermann u.a., in coproduction with WDR/ ARD
1983 “AFRIKA AM RHEIN” (cinema), production manager, TAG/TRAUM Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH, director: P. B. Seck, in coproduction with WDR, with Hans Zischler
1981 “STROMMBERG – DIE LETZTE NACHT” (cinema), producer, Dr Muschnik Film- + Theater Produktion GmbH, director: Werner Possardt, in coproduction with WDR, (Hofer Filmtage 1982)
1980 “FÜNF FLASCHEN FÜR ANGELIKA” (cinema), producer + co-director, Dr Muschnik Film- + Theater Produktion GmbH, director: Werner Possardt
1979 “MY HEART IS OVERCOME WITH TERROR” (cinema), producer + co-director, Dr Muschnik Film- + Theater Produktion GmbH, director: Werner Possardt
Berlin 03/2014
