Welcome to Showcase Germany, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of Germany's leading talent and services for commercial photo and film production.

Companies and publications such as adidas, BMW, Continental, Vogue, Porsche, L'Oreal, Jaguar, Period Magazine, Dunlop and many more, 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:

• From 17th November to 3rd March the House of Photography at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg will be presenting a major exhibition by German photographer Michael Wolf - Life in Cities.
• The 69th Berlinale will open on 7th February, and its full program will be announced on 29th January.
• Elizaveta Porodina – Smoke & Mirrors at the Münchner Stadmuseum until 27th January, presents a selection from Elizaveta’s multifaceted portfolio.

Our cover was shot by Ava Pivot.

Avenger Photographers is a Munich-based photography agency representing leading beauty, advertising, celebrity, people and still life photographers. The agency was established by Sylvia Weinmann in Munich 2002.

Avenger artists draw from years of experience in turning concepts into images. Avenger also offers a comprehensive production service.

Photographers include:

• Dirk Bader (Germany, Munich).
• Volker Dautzenberg (Germany, Munich).
• Julia Keltsch (Germany, Hamburg).
• Andreas Pollok (Germany, Munich).
• Jörg Schieferecke (Germany, Stuttgart).
• Andrea Gaspar-Klein (Germany, Fürth)

"We work creatively without losing the big picture. We enjoy responsibility and value the trust a working relationship requires. Our clients should be comfortable, and working with us should be a pleasure."

Intense, close-up, wide angled and full of life - these are the distinctive characteristics to describe Peter Wattendorff's style of photography.

Providing everything required for a complete production experience, numerous clients from the financial, insurance, food and consumer sectors rely on Peter's almost 20 years of experience in photography.

Recent projects include LVM Versicherung, Sparda Bank Hessen, Berliner Volksbank, Apetito and Markilux.

Delight Rental Services provides maximum support for professional photo and video productions in Berlin, Stuttgart, Marbella, and on-demand worldwide.

"Regardless of whether you're a photographer, film-maker, producer, stylist or outfitter, Delight Rental Services will serve your needs, supplying a huge range of digital, lighting, production and styling equipment."

DRS headquarters in the heart of Berlin is a brimful treasure box. This time we show you some real life images, shot by the Delight staff. Their coffee is legendary!

Latest arrivals are Zeiss Supreme Prime lenses 25mm/T1.5, 29mm/T1.5, 35mm/T1.5, 50mm/T1.5 and 85mm/T1.5.

Coming in December to Delight Rental Services:

• Phase One XF IQ4 150MP
• Atlas Lens Co. Orion Series A Anamorphic Primes

mobilespace provides special purpose vehicles and is the leading service provider for film and photo companies. With more than 20 years' experience and a stock of over 100 vehicles, mobilespace is a reliable partner, whatever the type of project.

The company offers an all-in-one solution with its wide range of special trucks including make-up, wardrobe, toilet, generator and artists' vehicles. VW vans or Mercedes nine-seaters are also available to transport the entire team.

Additionally, the offer is completed by various sorts of equipment including generators, tents, ventilation units, make-up mirrors and much more.

All vehicles have the advantage that they are small, compact and suitable for use in the city. Most of the trucks can be driven with an EU drivers' licence 'B', or alternatively on request, clients can have an experienced driver with local knowledge and special skills to accompany their project.

Lunik is a Berlin-based full service production company for photography and video projects. Lunik’s international network allows it to offer all fields of production service worldwide, including art buying, location scouting, casting or whatever is needed for the perfect shoot.

In addition, Lunik is able to supply high standard 'Making-Of' film production, implemented by creative professionals.

Recent and upcoming projects include:

• TUI shoot in Greece with photographer Philipp Rathmer.
• MERCI shoot with photographer Christian Schoppe.
• A shoot for BMW Lifestyle in Dubai with photographer Tomas Falmer.
• A shoot with Ailine Liefeld for VYPE.

Düsseldorf-based Carina Musitowski is founder and head of artist management agency, Maison Musitowski GmbH, and is herself a fashion stylist and make-up artist who creates modern looks for advertisements, magazines and film.

Carina works for internationally renowned brands including La Roche Possay, Wasa, Range Rover, Coca-Cola, Metro, Smarties, 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.

Peter Schreiber's recent work includes shooting the new BMW S 1000 RR superbike on a racetrack in Spain. Car to bike, bike to bike, lying on the floor or shooting with a Russian arm, check out the results of this very intense and fast shoot!

To get that real feeling of speed, Peter insists on shooting everything under real racing conditions (speeds of up to 230 km/h!).

"Only when doing solid speeds do the bike and rider look real and authentic. To get that, you sometimes have to suffer a bit and mustn't be scared; eat dirt and inhale a lot of exhaust fumes (like shooting out of the back of a BMW M3). But the results are always worth it!"

David Neubarth is a Frankfurt am Main-based photographer who loves to shoot projects in a unique manner to reflect the individuality of each job. His USP is an ability to provide spontaneous on-site creativity and overwhelmingly positive energy to all involved in a production.

David's motivation is the passion to shoot the uniqueness and individuality of people, combined with honest story-telling - the principle of his work is that images and pictures need to tell an authentic story.

He loves to interact with people in front of - and behind - the camera (art directors, agencies, and also direct clients). Shooting on location or in the studio makes no difference to him; photography is David's passion.

moodwillig is a full service photo and film production agency based in Frankfurt am Main. Located in the centre of town, the company offers a wide range of production expertise, including:

• Pre-production (location scouting, casting, research, planning).
• Project planning (coordination, booking, handling, travel-planning, catering).
• Consulting, crew booking (photographers, directors, assistants, gaffer, hair/make-up artists, stylists, runners).
• Accounting (cost control, clearing, permits and insurance).
• International service-production (worldwide).

moodwillig focusses on advertising productions for agencies, directors and photographers. With more than 10 years of experience, the company sets high standards all along the production process, providing solutions for any size of budget through excellent teamwork.

Clients include Continental, FBS Spielbank Bad Homburg, Volvo Trucks, medipharma Cosmetics, ABB, Porsche, Saint Gobain, Bilstein and Rheinhessische.