Pirates’n Paradise is an award-winning full service post-production company with locations in both Dusseldorf and Berlin.

Featured in this Spotlight is a selection of the company's latest work and favourite projects, including the highly successful Gliss USA 'Beautiful by choice' campaign for TBWA Dusseldorf, as well as commercials for Mazda, Unitymedia and Toyota from the junior competition of 'Die Klappe 2017'.

Pirates'n Paradise implements large advertising campaigns for film productions, agencies, network agencies and industrial clients, both national and international, and does so in every discipline of TV advertising and beyond.

Visit the website or contact the Pirates’n Paradise team directly for more information.

Bastian Werner was born in 1975 in Opladen. After serving an apprenticeship as an ad specialist, he attended the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund where he studied photography from 1998 to 2003.

He has since worked as a freelance photographer all over the globe, creating authentic images mostly for clients in the advertising industry. Bastian is based in Dusseldorf and has been represented by UPFRONT photo & film since 2012.

Clients include Siemens, Vodafone, Goodyear, GHH, Hazemag Group, Felix Schoeller Group, Beiersdorf, Lichtblick SE, BVB, Bayer, Bosch, Thyssen Krupp, GlaxoSmithKline, Henkel, Johnson & Johnson and Wincor Nixdorf.

Tom Jasny has worked as a freelance photographer since 1999. He splits his time between far away destinations and his home base Düsseldorf, deriving influence and energy from each.

Aerial and drone photography has become a very important topic in his work. Specialised in hotel and resort photography, he spent many hours in helicopters around the world shooting for different clients before using his own drones. "Using drones gives me more flexibility to create exceptional images."

His latest work was done in New York City for Plaza Hotels where he flew over Manhattan and Riu Hotels & Resorts in Mauritius and Jamaica. For the last two years, he has also been producing videos of castles and palaces for Engel & Völkers Germany.

Ansgar Werrelmann recently shot several lingerie spreads as well as avant-garde fashion collections including one by designer Franziska Simon. "It is a real joy to collaborate with such great creative talent. And at the end of the day, any other photo production - be it commercial, artistic or personal - profits from such inspiring input."

Winning the German Design Award 2017, Peter Wattendorff has proven again his extraordinary talent in light setting.

Through its fashion and people images Fotografie Wattendorff has established its position for labels and companies all over Germany.

Fariyal Kennel and her team of photographers cover a broad spectrum from beauty, fashion, people and kids to food, interior, still life and lifestyle across commercial and editorial photography.

The agency was originally established in 2002 and, since 2015, has continued under the name and management of Fariyal Kennel. It offers full production service including consultation, budgeting, casting, location scouting, post-production and portfolio management, as well as other creative services.

"We cooperate with experienced production teams worldwide and serve well-known clients such as Audi, Mini, Coca-Cola, Douglas, Hugo Boss, Porsche Design, Grohe, Wella and Crédit Suisse."

Fariyal and her team have dedicated their hearts and souls to visualising clients' ideas.

Welcome to Showcase Germany, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of the top photo agents, photographers, illustrators, directors, post production companies, location services, photo stock agencies, make-up artists, stylists, model and casting agencies, equipment rental companies, rental studios, music composers, and other creative talents and services based in Germany.

Companies such as Lufthansa, Vogue, BMW, Expedia, L´Officiel, Nutella, Audi, Philips, Madame, Porsche, Samsung, Targobank, and Institute Magazine, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production can be found in our Berlin (Photo / Film), Cologne (Photo / Film),  Dusseldorf (Photo / Film), Frankfurt (Photo / Film), Hamburg (Photo / Film), Munich (Photo / Film) and Stuttgart (Photo / Film) directories.

Be sure to check out our featured events:

• EPEA 03 - European Photo Exhibition Award - Shifting Boundaries, from 3rd March to 1st May at the House of Photography, Hamburg.
• Film Series: German Movies 2016 - until 17th March at Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich.
• 11 Millimeter - International Football film festival, from 30th March to 3rd April in Berlin. 
• Watched! Surveillance, Art & Photography - exhibition until 23rd April at C/O Berlin.

Our cover image was shot by Julia Keltsch.

Stefan Kapfer is an editorial commercial photographer working across beauty, lifestyle and fashion. His worldwide experience helps him to capture the moment.

Stefan has developed work for a number of national and international magazines and advertising clients.

His recent work includes Spectr Magazine and Maybach Glasses.

Düsseldorf-based Carina Musitowski is a fashion stylist and make-up artist who creates modern looks for advertisement, magazines and film.

She works for internationally renowned brands including Coca-Cola, Nivea and Lambertz from a variety of industries, including advertisement, fashion and beauty.

Carina develops campaigns, make-up and fashion styling and directs along with her team during both film and photo productions. She holds a diploma in Fashion Design from AMD Düsseldorf.

Manfred Heiduk is based in Dusseldorf and travels constantly to Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Cape Town and London. Manfred spent many years as an illustrator and creative director in digital media, and with more than 20 years of experience in photography he is specialised in shooting in extreme conditions.

For Karstadt Sports he shot in the Italian Alps, Austrian Glaciers, Mojave Desert and Death Valley. He is continually booked for running, biking, ski and fashion productions.

Manfred mostly works on dramatic and exciting locations. His focus is on people, lifestyle and sports photography, always offering the best results to his clients.

Offering full service international photo and video productions, his clients include Adidas, Puma, Nike, Sportarena, FIFA, Sidestep, Runners Point, C&A, Kaufhof, Boecker, Deichmann and Metro Group.