Caribbean Production is based in St. Martin, following more than 25 years of supporting the film industry in Barbados. The company is led by owner and producer Ellen Hoch-Kramer, who has expanded its geographical scope across the wider Caribbean region.

Its location archive includes a broad range of sites throughout the Caribbean, supporting international media, commercial and fashion productions. Services include location scouting, crew sourcing, and equipment provision, working with experienced regional professionals.

The client list includes a wide range of businesses: Giorgio Armani, Zara, Virgin Holidays, Time Magazine, BBC, GQ Magazine, Vogue, Elle, Net-A-Porter, Macy's, Norwegian Airways, Hilton Hotels, Macallan Whisky, Master Class, and many more.

An extensive location picture gallery, organised by landscape type, is available on the company website, providing an overview of the variety of locations accessible throughout the Caribbean.

Caribbean Production is a Caribbean-based location scouting and media production company with an exceptional archive of locations from diverse Caribbean islands.

Photo and film location images have been collected over 20 years, which can be viewed on this link, sorted by subjects.

Upon request, the company manager presents locations according to specific mood boards and recommends the best island for a particular shoot.

Preferred Caribbean islands for media shoots are St. Martin, Barbados, St. Barts, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Anguilla, Jamaica, Dominica, Martinique, St. Kitts & Nevis, Grenada and others.

"We scouted locations for Netflix's 'Outer Banks' in Barbados and full productions for Norwegian Airways, RBC Royal Bank and TIME Magazine 100, and assisted in a cover shoot with Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley. Fashion clients include Zara, Urban Outfitters, Hunkemoller, KITH, Net-A-Porter, Vogue, Rihanna for Glamour US, and more. Other highlights: Macallan Scotch Whisky, Giorgio Armani commercial, and BBC 'Jet Set'."

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Caribbean Production is a media production company that produces film, video and photo shoots for international clients, whenever they shoot in the Caribbean region. The team works in close collaboration with companies based on diverse islands to assure the support of local authorities, crew and rental companies.

Founded by a German producer in Barbados 25 years ago, who later extended her reach to French St. Martin, Caribbean Production is nowadays operating all over the Caribbean region. The extensive location database helps clients to make easy location decisions. The multi-lingual team is producing TV commercials for international brands, and supporting US, UK and European feature films, television series and fashion photo shoots – for all kinds of budgets.

Projects include commercials for airlines, banks, fashion shoots for mostly international fashion brands and magazines, feature films and TV series. Please visit the website, and go to the Projects (Film/Video and Photo) and Clients sections.

In over 25 years of scouting and producing in the region, The Caribbean Production Company has built a huge location archive, which has become an invaluable source for international clients to discover new unusual locations for their campaigns.

Favorite islands with fabulous locations are: St. Martin, Barbados, St. Barts, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Anguilla, Jamaica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Kitts & Nevis, Grenada, BVI, Cuba and The Bahamas.

Apart from extending their radius of locations, Caribbean Production built a valuable network on the Caribbean islands where the company provides full production service for film, video and photo productions with local crew.

Amongst a very diverse clientele from US, UK, Canada and Europe, most well known names related to fashion productions were: Vogue, Elle, GQ, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Macy's NY, Hunkemoeller, Zara, Anthropologie, Net-a-Porter, Poetry, Free People, Kith for Columbia PFG, Knix Canada, Staud, Lipsy London, Browns Fashion, JDWilliams UK catalogs, Boden, Kaleidoscope, Chico's, Otto, Quelle, Heine, Avon, Principles, Laura Ashley, Jockey, Marks & Spencer, and many more – see Clients section.

Caribbean Production is a leading location scouting and media production company serving international clients across the Caribbean region.

Ellen, a seasoned producer from Berlin, with bases in Barbados and St. Martin, has scouted extensively across the region, and built a vast portfolio of locations to match diverse creative needs. Strong connections with local authorities, businesses, and crews ensure smooth, on-time, and budget-friendly productions across all Caribbean islands.

With deep roots in the Caribbean, the company specialises in film, video, TV commercials, movies, digital media, and fashion photo productions for global brands and publications, offering services in English, German, and French.

Recent projects include location scouting for Netflix’s 'Outer Banks' (Season 3) in Barbados and full productions for Norwegian Airways, RBC Royal Bank, and TIME Magazine 100, cover shoot with Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley. Fashion clients include Freepeople and Anthropologie from Urban Outfitters, Hunkemoller, KITH, Net-A-Porter, Vogue, Glamour, and more. Other highlights: Macallan Scotch Whisky and Giorgio Armani commercials, BBC 'Jet Set', and Virgin Holidays. View the full project list on the website.

Caribbean Production is the first full-service international media production company in the Caribbean region, opening office in Barbados over two decades ago, followed by French St. Martin.

Ellen Hoch-Kramer, a German magazine designer/publisher from Berlin, had started this company with a comprehensive knowledge of the international media industry, and the determination to turn this Caribbean region into a successful location for international photo and film productions.

Hundreds of media productions had been executed for international clients - from high-end fashion designers to airlines, TV commercials, and movies – further information in the Clients section of the website.

An amazing Caribbean location library has grown over the years to present shooting on Caribbean locations for any season - please view the website with comprehensive information and lots of location images.

Peter Sagnia is a London, UK-born cinematographer / director and filmmaker now residing on the Caribbean Island of Sint Maarten with over 30 years experience in video production.

He studied television and video production in 1991 at Southgate College and has moved through the ranks in the industry.

He has worked with brands such as MaCallan, MasterClass, NBC, FOX, KFC, Pizza Hut and many more.

He collaborates with other media professionals including photographers, international branding firms, graphic designers, writers, making his company a full production house.

Peter Sagnia is a London UK born cinematographer and filmmaker, now residing in Sint Maarten in the Caribbean.

His company serves the region offering industry standard commercials for corporations, working with clients from pre-production through to final deliverables. 

Clients include NBC, FOX, UNICEF, MACALLAN, Master Class, Pizza Hut and many more.

He has also worked on a couple of feature and short films and in his spare time is working on a mini-series.