Martin Hagemann (Producer)

From 1990 until 2005 Hagemann worked together with Thomas Kufus in their independent production company Zero Film in Berlin. Together they produced numerous fiction and documentary films for theatrical distribution and for television, among them Black Box Germany by Andrés Veiel, which in 2002 won the German and European Awards for Best Documentary. They have also produced; several films by Aleksandr Sokurov that were in competition in Berlin and Cannes; Creep, a horror movie directed by Christopher Smith and starring Franka Potente and Fay Grim, directed by Hal Hartley.

Since 2000 Zero Film has developed and produced several innovative documentary formats for television, among them the highly successful series Black Forest House. In 2006 Zero Film was divided into two companies, each owned by one of the former partners. Hagemann is Managing Director of Zero Fiction Films in Berlin and its daughter company Zero West in Cologne.