Team

Matthias Greving

Producer, CEO

The creative head, founder and managing director of Kinescope Film is author, director, and editor as well as producer and executive producer for national and international productions. His portfolio includes cross-media formats, daily news coverage, cinema documentaries, and feature film productions as well as show, magazine and cultural formats, fictional and non-fictional series.

Born in Bremen, numerous engagements in film, television and theatre production followed after an extensive education. As an expert and mentor, Greving is involved in various programs for the promotion of young talent and is a member of the documentary film jury of the BKM as well as on the board of directors of the Bundesverband Regie. And because the film is an integral part of his life, he initiated the FILMFEST BREMEN in 2015, which he still shapes today as festival director.

Marko Drews

Operating Manager

Originally active in the event industry, Kinescope Film captured Marko Drews in the summer of 2018 as manager of the Bremen production office. As a project manager, he has since then been taking care of contract partners and contractual matters as well as accounting and figures. In short: He confidently ensures efficient and relaxed office operations. Before this, the trained event technician studied project management for a few semesters and, as a year-round griller, has been proving what a Natural Born Bremer is for many years.

Kirsten Lukaczik

Producer

For more than three decades, Kirsten Lukaczik has been successfully active in the world of film and television: initially as an assistant director, then unit manager - to production manager, and then later as a producer. For many years, she was head of the entire television operation and a member of the management team at Radio Bremen's split production company. Over the years, she has worked in a variety of capacities on countless Tatort productions and talk shows, as well as feature films, children's series, major sporting events, comedy formats, and documentaries.

Her pool of knowledge and experience characterizes the diversity of Kinescope Film, as does her efficient, emphatic, and content-driven way of working. Throughout all these years, Kirsten Lukaczik has remained true to her residence in Bremen, except for longer work excursions to Berlin and Hamburg. Her curiosity for new formats, projects, and challenges inspires her every day.

Anne Reißner

Producer

As a state-certified producer, Anne Reißer has been the interface between editorial and production at Kinescope since 2020, maintaining an overview even in chaos and mediating in the balancing act between content and implementation.
She set foot in the film industry through the advice of her grandmother and has stayed with it to this day. She began her career with a commercial apprenticeship in television. After her further training as a producer, she implemented various programs: Entertainment formats, such as the successful talk show "3 nach 9", to documentaries.

Christina Mayer

Junior Producer

The graduate in literature, art, and cultural studies joined the team in 2018. She designs optimal working conditions and processes in due time and is the first point of contact for authors, musicians, cameramen, producers, and editors. Her broad range of responsibilities includes the submission of funding applications, requests for film locations, film planning, and content research, and the coordination of post-production.

From 2015 until her move to Kinescope Film, she worked as an editorial assistant at Radio Bremen and Arte. Having acquired a taste for screenwriting during her studies, Mayer has continued to develop her skills in this area. As a student, she was a projectionist for classical and digital film material at the Bremen Film Art Theatres. She has been in love with film since childhood and since she travels a lot, cinemas all over the world are her favorite places.

Mareike Vensler

Licensing, Research and Archive

Enthusiastic about the medium of film, she has been working as a production coordinator for Kinescope Film since January 2018, ensuring coherent processes. Formerly attracted by the glamour of the film world, she successfully studied media sciences, made her first experiences with reality - and remained loyal to the industry. Two years abroad in New York with various internships were followed by two more years as a production assistant and archive coordinator in Hamburg.

Since January 2021, Mareike now manages the licenses of the Kinescope productions. In addition, she not only researches archive material but also clears their rights.

Indispensable for the team, because: She can make 30-minute brownies in a quarter of an hour.

Jan Strauß

Cutter Assistant

For the production assistant and career changer, Kinescope Film has become something of a home since 2016 - alongside Bremen and the Weser Stadium. The contact with the film industry came about through a collaboration with Filmfest Bremen. Once he tasted blood, the creative possibilities of film making, the necessary planning, and production, infected him and made him immune to alternatives. Born in the Bremen area, Jan Strauß previously traveled through the Bremen cultural landscape, including a university degree in leisure sciences.

Active in local politics, he wants to make a difference for Bremen as well as for himself and is currently training at Kinescope Film to become a media designer in image and sound.

Robin Niemann

Teamassistant Production

In search of an exciting career field, Robin Niemann landed as an intern at Kinescope Film in February 2020. Goal achieved! Since then, the real Bremen boy has been burning for the challenging and varied tasks of film production. In the meantime, the former sociology student has taken up a new course of study: Communication and Media Studies at the University of Bremen. Since the fall of 2020, he has been joining the team as a student trainee and, in addition to the fantastic working atmosphere, appreciates the cookies in the office.