Thomas Kufus

He began his filmmaking career as a director but switched to producing, becoming known as one of Germany's most influential producers of documentary films.

He co-founded the production company zero one film which he since 2008 runs together with Volker Heise [de].

[1] Among the directors he has produced films for are Lars Kraume, Andres Veiel, Anne Zohra Berrached, Julia Albrecht, Markus Imhoof, Christian Schwochow, Corinna Belz, Arnon Goldfinger and Alexander Sokurov.

[1] In 2009 he produced 24 Hours Berlin [de], a project where 80 cameramen each documented 24 hours in Berlin, with 1440 minutes of footage broadcast on Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg and Arte.

[1] He received the 2023 Carl Laemmle Produzentenpreis [de].

Thomas Kufus in 2020