yolo films is a dynamic production company operating in Germany. Efficiently engaging with international teams, the company offers full production services for feature films, TV commercials, branded content and television. 

yolo films brings more than two decades of vaste experience and expertise which translate into production values of the highest standard. Speaking fluent English, French and German, the team are the ideal entertainment content partner and can respond quickly and effectively to all requests.

Clients include brands such as Dunlop Tyres, Nivea, Coca-Cola, Singapore Airlines, Maybelline, Jade New York and Call of Duty.

Stefan Hobmaier is a freelance photographer based in Munich. He focuses on portrait, corporate and industrial photography.

Shooting CEOs, employees or workers in their workplace, heavy machinery and industrial facilities, he knows how to handle different people and situations and create authentic, honest and congenial images.

His national and internatonal clients include BMW, Intel, Google, ProSiebenSat1, H&M, Porsche, SZ Scala, Burda, C3, Hoffmann&Campe, Territory, Condé Nast, Impulse, Bloomberg Business Week, FourFourTwo, Haymarket, Redwood and various B2B and B2C magazines.

FOTOKAIN is the creative showcase of Michael Zargarinejad, whose work features shots from all over the world for music, celebrities, portraits and advertising campaigns.

Michael's recent work includes:

• A shoot with German comedian Kurt Krömer (Universal). The visuals were used for several covers and PR campaigns.
• German book publishing house S. Fischer Verlage engaged Michael to portray famous Swiss author, Peter Stamm, in his hometown Winterthur.
• A shoot for the S. Fischer Verlage with Syrian author Nather Henafe Alali in Frankfurt/Main.
• Natia Todua (Universal), winner of 2017s 'The Voice of Germany', travelled with Michael to her home country Georgia to shoot a reportage.
• Michael created portraits of all guests and artists of 'HR1 SatireLounge'. Anchorman Florian Schröder as well as star chef Johann Lafer, comedian Vince Ebert, politician T. Schäfer... to name a few.

Contact Michael direct and visit his website for more information.

Welcome to Showcase Germany, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of the top photo and film production companies, photographers, photo agents, styling, hair and make-up artists, rental studios, equipment rental companies, production supplies, model and casting agencies, illustrators, and other creative talents and services based in Germany.

Companies and publications such as BMW, Under Armour, Caritas, Douglas, VW, Bogner, Huf Magazine, Deutsche Bahn, Porsche, Marvel, SCHÖN Magazin, Mövenpick, Kia, Orsay, and L´Officiel, 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:

• Gute Aussichten Deluxe: New German Photography After The Düsseldorf School - photography exhibition, featuring work of 25 gute aussichten award winners. Until 21st May at House of Photography, Hamburg. 
• Drive Drove Driven - exhibition, featuring cars in contemporary photography as objects of design, as means of transportation, as sources of pollution and more. Until 8th April at Kommunale Galerie, Berlin.

Our cover image was shot by Robert Grischek, represented by Klein Photographen. 

Specialised in portrait, travel and architecture, over the last two years - and aside from his career as an advertising photographer - Tamboly has earned over 50 international prizes and honorable mentions.

He made it as a finalist at the Hasselblad Masters Awards, Felix Schoeller Prize and was shortlisted at the Sony World Photography Awards in 2015.

Moreover, he earned the title 'International Photographer of the Year' from different institutions in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Since 2014, he has been named as one of the '200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide' by Luerzer's Archive.

In February, his work was exhibited at the India Arch Dialogue. Aside from his artistic background, Tamboly is especially successful with his commercial jobs, having hit the road over more than 150 days last year.

Clients include NatGeoPeople, Sony Music, O2 World, Airbnb, Zalando SE, Zeit, Continental Clothing, Axel Springer AG, Brigitte and Dr. Oetker.

Sven Hoffmann is a Berlin-based sport, music and people photographer.

Capturing captivating frames is what he is all about. He has worked for Under Armour, Beats by Dre, Samsung, MTV, Nike and more and has shot bands such as Billy Idol, Queens of the Stone Age and The BossHoss.

His all time favourite: working twice with Dennis Hopper.

LACHFALTEN is an agency for amateur models and professionals, who all have something "extraordinary" about them.

Many are at their "best age" (40-plus), but some are younger or older. Some come along as a family or a couple - well matched, and thus as a package authentic and easier to handle than would otherwise be the case.

LACHFALTEN models are committed to their lives and their laugh lines. The photos of its models are pure, and are free of any retouching. "It's like picking them up off the street and shooting them there and then."

As a result, clients get precisely what they see: "the content holds what the packaging promises!" LACHFALTEN's main location is Munich, but the roster includes models from Berlin and Hamburg.

I like Productions is a Berlin-based full-service production company with partner offices in Ibiza, Tel Aviv and Los Angeles.

"Whether you’re shooting in Germany or abroad, our dynamic and hands-on team will ensure that your experience is as carefree and fun as possible. Highly passionate about our work, we pride ourselves on treating everyone involved in each production like well-taken care of guests.

Simply put, we love what we do and the people we work with."

Recent productions include Cosmopolitan, Vogue Germany, Kiomi, Amazon, Odd Molly, McFit and Eral North.

Munich and Frankfurt based creative duo WE-Shoot-It - Michael Compensis and Thomas von Salomon - are well known for their perfect car photography.

In December 2017, just a couple of days before the Vierschanzentournee and ahaed of the Winter Olympics, Audi Magazine chose the pair to shoot a story about ski-jumper Severin Freund, who was unable to take part in either event. The three travelled in the all new Audi Q7 E-tron through the wintery Bavarian Alps, starting at the Audi Arena in Oberstdorf and finishing in Garmisch Partenkirchen.

Just prior to this production, Michael and Thomas had been in Turin to shoot the new Audi Q2 in summery orange tones, even though the temperatures in northern Italy weren’t much warmer than the Bavarian Alps!

Lunik is a Berlin-based full service production company working across photography and video. An international network allows it to offer all fields of production service worldwide including location scouting, casting, and whatever is needed for the perfect shoot.

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

In the autumn of last year, TUI Group gave the starting signal for a large image pool production. Photographer Philipp Rathmer was brought on board to take care of creative development and realise the motifs. Philipp brought a lot of fresh air to the pictorial world of TUI, and the Lunik team were happy to be at his side for 21 shooting days.

"We shot on six beautiful autumn days in Berlin and Leipzig and subsequently travelled to Turkey with half a ton of excess luggage. The brilliant production team and a great cast of around 80 models made the four-week large-scale production fly by. Among other projects, we present to you a small selection of the nearly 1000 TUI motifs we produced."

Other recent productions include a campaign shoot for Roche with Cem Guenes, a pool shoot for S-Kreditpartner with Franz Bischof, and a campaign shoot for Rosbacher with Jan Eric Euler.