Schenk Productions, Inc. is a New York based, full-service film production company.
We offer a broad range of services including the developing and production of independent feature films, documentaries, television productions and commercials. Our New York City base allows us to specialize in overseeing New York location shoots for local and out-of-town productions, but we also cover productions in any other part of the United States.
• script breakdown/scheduling/budgeting
• arranging casting
• location scouting
• obtaining all necessary permits
• hiring crews
• union negotiations
• insurance packages
• equipment rentals
• post-production services
• accounting/legal services
• crew/cast payroll
• travel/ accommodations
• customs/immigration service
• stock footage research / music rights
• research for documentaries
• product clearances
Schenk Productions, Inc. has extensive experience and knowledge on finding and obtaining the perfect locations for your film project. Whether in the heart of New York City or across the United States, we find what works best for your project.
Sample Schenk Productions Locations & Sets:
Executive Producer / Producer / Co-Producer |
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Razing Liberty Square by Katja Esson, documentary 2023 |
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A Bit of Light by Stephen Moiers, feature film 2022 |
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Mickey and the Bear by Annabell Atanasio, feature film 2019 |
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Unintended by Anja Murmann, feature film, 2018 |
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Mistress by Anja Murmann, short film, 2014 |
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Poetry of Resilience by Katja Esson, documentary, Penelope Pictures, 2011 (PoetryOfResilience.com, Poetry of Resilience FaceBook Page) Best Documentary Shorts Award at the Woodstock Film Festival Nominated for the Cinema for Peace Award in 2012 Screened at the Miani FIlm Festival 2012 |
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Skydancer by Katja Esson, documentary, Penelope Pictures, Maja.de, Schenk Productions, Inc., 2010 (Skydancer site, Skydancer FaceBook Page) Festivals: Brooklyn Film Festival, 2011 |
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Ferry Tales by Katja Esson, documentary. Nominated for Academy Award ® in 2004/documentary shorts category. Distribution: HBO. Festivals: Florida Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, InFact/ IDA screening (ferrytales-documentary.com) |
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Vertical Traveler by Katja Esson, documentary, Distribution: Metro Channel, ARTE, 2000 |
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Sister Hero, music video 1999 |
Line Producer/ Production Manager/ Production Supervisor |
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Tokyo Vice by director/ executive producer Alan Poul, 1st episode of the 2nd season, US Unit, Fifth Season, 2023 |
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In Freedom Yours, Bill Baird by Rebecca Cammisa, documentary, US Unit, Terra Mater, 2023 |
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The Pod Generation by Sophie Barthes, NY Unit, feature film, YZE France, 2022 |
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Tokyo Vice by director/ executive producer Alan Poul, NY Unit, TV Series, Endeavor Content, 2021 |
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Funeral for a Dog by David Dietl, NY Unit, Flare Entertainment GmbH, 2021 |
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RABIYE by Andreas Dresen, Washington, DC Unit, Pandora Film Production GmbH, 2021 |
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Unorthodox by Maria Schrader, NY Unit, Real Film, 2019 – Awarded Emmy for Mari Schrader for Outstanding Directing For a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special – 2020 |
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Lieber Thomas (Dear Thomas) by Andreas Kleinert, tv movie, NY Unit, Zeitsprung Pictures, 2019 |
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How To with John Wilson, Pilot, HBO, 2019 |
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Shades of Guilt by Nils Willbrandt, tv series, NY Unit, Moovie GmbH, 2018 |
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I’ve Never been to New York (Ich war niemals in New York) by Philipp Stoelzl, feature film, NY Unit, UFA Fiction Productions GmbH, 2018 |
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Dragon Slayer 666 by Aleksi Delikouras, feature film, NY Unit, Dionysos Films, 2018 |
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Peanuts – Juergen Schneider by Christian Schneider & Benjamin Quabeck, documentary, Miami Unit, Saxonia Entertainment GmbH, 2018 |
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Tanzwelten – Swing Dance by Lisa Marie Schnell, documentary, NY Unit, DM Film tv Production GmbH, 2018 |
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The Rhythm Section by Reed Morano, NY unit, feature film, TRS Productions DAC, 2018 |
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Forget about Nick by Margarethe von Trotta, New York unit, feature film, Heimatfilm, 201 |
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Jungle Tribe by Niklaus Hilber, NY unit, feature film, A Film Company GmbH, 2017 |
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Ibiza by Alex Richanbach, NY unit, feature film, DJ Love Productions/Netflix, 2017 |
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One Night at the Apollo by Chris Hanselmann, NY unit, documentary, John Allen AG, 2017 |
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Prophet of a different America by Hannes Rossacher, US unit, documentary, Kobalt Films, 2017 |
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The History of Migration by Christian Twente, US unit, Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion, 2017 |
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IWC Carousel commercial shoot, NY unit, Markenfilm, 2017 |
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Playing God by Karin Jurschick, US unit, documentary, Bildersturm, 2017 |
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The Odd Couple by Margarethe von Trotta, NY unit, feature film, Heimatfilm, 2017 |
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Return to Montauk by Volker Schloendorff, NY unit, feature film, Ziegler Film, 2016 |
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An unheard Woman by Hans Steinbichler, NY unit, feature film, Lailaps Pictures, 2015 |
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A Cure for Wellness by Gore Verbinsky, 2nd unit NY unit, feature film, New Regency, 2015 |
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Travels with Charley by Hannes Rossacher & Catharina Kleber, documentary feature, Kobalt Films, shot in New York, DC, Atlanta, Arizona, Las Vegas, California, 2015 |
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American Rivers by Katja Esson, 5-part documentary series, rbb-ARTE, shot in Detroit, Chicago, LA, Colorado, 2015 |
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Letters from Baghdad by Sabine Krayenbuehl & Zeva Oelbaum, documentary, studio shoot unit, 2015 |
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Antonio, ihm schmeckt’s nicht by Sven Unterwaldt, NY unit, feature film, Bavaria Pictures, Fox International, 2015 |
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Bankrupt by Urs Egger, NY unit, feature film, Bavaria tv Production, 2015 |
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Falke Campaign by Martin Kunz, NY unit, internet commercial, Falke, 2015 |
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Die abhandene Welt by Margarethe von Trotta, NY unit for feature film, Clasart Films, 2014 |
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Shooting in the Dark by Frank Amann, US unit for documentary, Weltfilm, 2014 |
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Hologram for a King by Tom Tykwer, US 2nd unit for feature film, X-Filme 2014 |
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Falke Campaign by Elliott Erwitt (photo) & Josef Rusnak (video), NY unit – te neues/ Falke, 2014 |
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Should Exodus by Klez Kanada Film Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság, NY unit for documentary, 2014 |
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Little Yellow Boots by John Webster, US unit for documentary, Millennium Films/ Finland, 2014 |
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Billy Holliday by Katja Dueregger, US unit for documentary, Tag Traum Films, 2014 |
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The History & Furture of War by Karin Jurschik, US documentary unit, Bildersturm Films, 2014 |
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Me & Kaminski by Wolfgang Becker, NY shoot for feature film, X-Filme Creative Pool, 2013 |
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Swiss RE by Viviane Kiebisch, corporate documentary, Markenfilm Swiss, 2013 |
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Draeger – Markenfilm, US shoot for corporate video, 2013 |
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Montauk by Vinz Feller, short film, 2013 |
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Qualunque Cosa Succeda (Whatever Happens) by Alberto Negrin, NY shoot for feature film, 11 Marzo Films & Atlantic Pictures, 2013 |
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Under the Starry Sky by Dyana Gaye, NY shoot for feature film,Andolfi/ Atlantic Pictures, 2013 |
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Backroads by Katja Esson, 5-episode tv series, shot in US, Maha Films, 2011 / 2012 |
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Audition by Matt Herron, feature film, 2012 |
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Amour & Turbulence by Alexandre Castagnetti, NY shoot for feature film, Reverence Films & Atlantic Pictures, 2012 |
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Wendy’s finding Bigfoot by Stevn Peters, NY promo shoot, Big Machines 2012 |
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Bird People by Pascale Ferran, NY shoot for feature film, Archipel 35 / Atlantic Pictures, 2012 |
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AMC – Mob Week- an Introduction by Anthony Bourdain by Ken Carlson, NY Promo shoot, Big Machine, 2012 |
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Zzzz by Tarik Karam – short film, 2012 |
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People Kiss (Des Gens Qui’ S Embrassent) by Daniele Thompson, NY shoot for feature, PATHÉ Films & Atlantic Pictures, 2012 |
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Madea Witness Protection by Tyler Perry, NY shoot for feature film, 2012 |
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The Longest Week by Peter Glanz, NY re-shoot for feature film, Atlantic Pictures, 2012 |
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Overgames by Lutz Dammbeck, documentary, US shoot, 2012 |
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Naturopolis by Bernard Guerrini, documentary, NY shoot, DocSide Films, 2012 |
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Post Production Consulatant for W.E., by Madonna – Post Production Consultant, 2011 |
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Hannah Arendt by Margarethe von Trotta, NY unit, feature film, Heimatfilm, 2011 |
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Intellectual Property Theft PSA, by Christopher Ernst, MTV/ Viacom, 2011 |
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Jack Karouac, by Hannes Rossacher, Documentary Road Movie, US shoot, Kobalt Film Productions, 2011 |
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AMC Mob Week – an Introduction by Rudi Guiliani, by Ken Carlson, NY unit, tv spot for AMC, Big Machines, 2011 |
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Ten Commandments by Friedel Kluetsch, documentary, NY unit, IFAGE Film Production, ARTE, 2011 |
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Cinnamon Burst Cheerios internet commercial by Geoffry O’ Connor and Richard Linnet, Saatchi & Saatchi, 2011 |
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Il Giorno in Piu by Massimo Venier, NY unit, feature film, Il Giorno Productions, Inc. & IBC Movie s.r.l., 2010 |
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Faces – Brooklyn by Katja Esson, documentary, Maha Films, Arte, 2010 |
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Remembrance by Anna Justice, NY unit, feature film, Media Park, 2010 |
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Bertelsmann by Philip Kadelbach, NY unit, corporate video, Teamworx, 2010 |
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Swiss Chronometric by Vinz Feller, NY unit, corporate video, Twin Productions, 2010 |
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Stanfour – Life Without You music video Producer: Mark Entzelmann QFilmproduktion Hamburg – Line Producer: Arndt Podtevin – NY Line Producer: Sabine Schenk, 2010 |
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Credit Suisse by Markus Schmidt, NY unit, corporate video, Unitedsenses GmbH, 2009 |
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The Look Charlotte Rampling – by Angelina Maccarone, NY unit, documentary, Tag Traum GmbH, 2009 |
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Jerry Cotton by Philip Stennert & Cyrill Bose, NY unit for feature film, Rat Pack Filmproduktion, 2009 |
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Safia by Souad Kouninef, Commercial for Algerian TV, 2009 |
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Behind the Scene – “Gossip Girls” by Sebastian Cramer, for Pro7, German TV, 2009 |
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R.I.P. by Andrea Morgenthaler, US unit, documentary, Dor Film GmBh, 2009 |
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Red Bull by Peter Clausen, commercial shoot in LA, Peter Clausen Filmprodiktion, 2009 |
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Fred Morton by Andrea Eckert, documentary, NY unit, Fischer Films, 2009 |
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Kidnapped (Entfuehrt) – NY unit, by Matti Geschonneck, 2-part tv movie, Networkmovie Filmproduktion/ ZDF, 2008 |
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Spot for “Regis & Kelly” directed by Steve Peterson, NY unit, Big Machines/ABC, 2008 |
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Desert Flower by Sherry Hormann, NY unit, feature film, Desert Flower Filmproduction, 2008 |
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Siemens Internet Spot by Roman Kuhn, internet image film, Producer: Crossing Pictures, 2008 |
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We Are New York tv episodes for NY local tv, CUNY TV, 2008, awards: New York Emmy Award 2010 for best cinematography & writing |
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The Reader by Stephen Daldry, NY unit, feature film, Weinstein Co & Babelsberg Film GmbH, 2008 |
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Siemens Internet Spot by Roman Kuhn, internet image film, Producer: Crossing Pictures, 2007 |
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Contact High by Michael Glawogger, feature film, Producer: Lotus Film Vienna, Boje Buck Berlin, shot on location in Vienna & Poland, 2007 |
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Lord Weidenfeld by Stephan Reichenberger, NY Unit, documentary, Producer: Polyphone, 2007 |
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Kill Daddy Good Night (Das Vaterspiel) – NY unit, by Michael Glawogger, feature film, Producer: Tat Film Cologne, 2007 |
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W32nd by Michel Kang, feature film, Producer: Teddy Zee, Executive Producer: Jamin O’Brien, 2006 |
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Hole in the Sky by Katja Esson, documentary, Maja-de Film for ARD German tv, 2006 |
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New York Harbor by Katja Esson, documentary, Maja-de Film for ARTE, 2006 |
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Alma by Susanne Freund, documentary, Dor Film, 2006 |
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Menachem and Fred by Ronit Keratin & Ofra Tevet, documentary, US unit, German-Israeli co-production, 2006 |
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Forever by Markus Imboden, tv-movie, NY unit, d.i.e. Film GmbH, 2005 |
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DHA-Immigration by Ciro Capilari, documentary, NY unit, Cine Plus Film Filmproduktion, 2005 |
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Floridaträume by Dieter Kehler, tv-movie, consultant for shoot in Florida, UFA Fernsehproduktion |
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Design Signs by Carline Haertel, documentary, NY unit, Cine Plus Filmproduktion, 2005 |
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Paparazzo by Stephan Wagner, tv-movie, NY unit, Müller&Seelig Filmproduktion, 2004 |
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Abdullah Ibrahim by Ciro Capillari (Award: Grimme Preis), documentary, NY unit, Cine Plus Filmproduktion, 2004 |
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Nena, music video, 2003 |
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Parenting Magazine, in-house commercial for Ad-Agency: Incwel.com, 2003 |
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Rossenstrasse by Margarethe v. Trotta, feature film, NY unit, Studio Hamburg, 2002 |
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Love & Passion, part II by Marco Serafini, tv-movie, NY unit, Lisa Films, 2002 |
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The Net by Lutz Dammbeck, documentary, 2002 |
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The Nomi Songby Andy Horn, documentary, Cameo Films, 2001 |
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Love & Passion, part I by Marco Serafini, NY unit, Lisa Films, 2001 |
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Nancy & Frank by Wolf Gremm, feature film, NY unit, Ziegler Film, 2000 |
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Sturmzeit by Bernd Böhlich, tv-movie, NY unit, Ziegler Film, 1999 |
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Linde, industrial, Fine Arts, 1999 |
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German Allstars, documentary, NY unit, WDR/M.S.Showtime, 1999 |
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The Guys Guide To Marrying Money by Emily Baer, feature film, 1998 |
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Victor Manuelle, music video, FilmArts Mexico, 1998 |
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Siemens, industrial, Fine Arts, 1998 |
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Besotten by Holly Hardman, feature film, Surf ‘N Turf Films, Inc., 1998 |
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Latin Boys Go To Hell by Ela Troyano, feature film, Jürgen Brüning Films, distribution: Strand Releasing, 1996 |
Production Manager |
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Jahrestage by Margareth von Trotta, tv-movie, NY unit, Eikon Films, 1999/2000 |
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Time for Two by Anno Saul, tv-movie, NY unit, Trebitsch Film, 1997 |
Post Production Supervisor |
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The Wall in the Mind by Hugo Cassierer, 1997 |
Co-Producer |
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Think Tank by James Carman, short film, 1993 |
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3000 Years Gravity by James Carman, short film, 1991 |
Film Festivals/Markets |
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Special Event Coordinator at the Berlin Int’l Film Festival |
Education |
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New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, M.A. in Cinema Studies 1994 |
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Free University Berlin, Bachelor in Communications, History 1992 |
Sabine Schenk is a New York based producer and line producer with a M.A. in cinema studies from NYU. She has utilised her international education and experience in film to offer production services for local and international film projects through her own company Schenk Productions, Inc., which she founded in 1998. In addition, Sabine and Director/Producer Anja Murmann launched a creative international film production company named Shorelight Pictures in 2014.
Sabine is often noted for her work co-producing the documentary Ferry Tales by Katja Esson, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2004, and in 2008 line-producing the New York unit of the Oscar Nominated film, The Reader, directed by Stephen Daldry. She is also notably credited for many other important and successful projects, such as producing Anja Murmann’s Unintended which premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival in 2018 and co-producing the award-winning feature Mickey and the Bear directed by Annabelle Attanasio which premiered SXSW 2019 and at Cannes Acid. In 2019 Sabine line produced the New York unit for the Emmy award winning Netflix series Unorthodox, by the director Maria Schrader.
After line producing and co-producing a number of Katja Esson’s documentaries, Sabine is currently executive producing Esson’s feature length documentary, Razing Liberty Square, in association with Shorelight Pictures. She is also an executive producer on Stephen Moier’s new movie A Bit of Light starring Anna Paquin. Recently Sabine was line produced the Washington, DC unit for “Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush” by Andreas Dresen which premiers at the 2022 Berlin Int’l Film Festival.
Her career never slows as she is currently in development of multiple feature films.
IMDB Info | contact : sabine@schenkproductions.com
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Schenk Productions, Inc.
32 Union Square #816
New York, NY 10003
Phone +1-212-982-8849
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