Sky Studios has partnered with writer-director Philipp Leinemann, who will write, develop and direct German and international Sky Originals.<\/p>\n
\u201cFilm is the perfect medium to tell a story,\u201d Leinemann said. \u201cEverything flows together; theatre, literature and music, and allows me to be heard. It\u2019s like a letter that becomes a dialogue with the audience, the people who take the time to watch my films. Sky is now offering me the opportunity to tell bold and ambitious stories and to develop freely. It reminds me why I came into filmmaking in the first place and I have a great sense of excitement and joy. I am grateful to Sky for this opportunity and look forward to working with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leinemann won a number of awards for his debut film, Wir waren K\u00f6nige<\/em>, and has since produced such television dramas such as Polizeiruf<\/em>, Der letzte Genosse<\/em> and Die Informantin<\/em>. His six-part series Tempel<\/em> is currently being re-made for the U.S. market.<\/p>\n Gary Davey, Sky Studios CEO, said: \u201cThis is great news for Sky Studios\u2019 ambitions in Germany. Phillip is a top-level talent with the creativity and work ethic that is a perfect fit for us. We have been following Phillip\u2019s work for many years and it\u2019s great that he is now part of Sky Studios\u2019 vision.\u201d<\/p>\n Marcus Ammon, director of original productions for Sky Deutschland, added: \u201cI have been following Philipp\u2019s artistic work since I saw his film When We Were Kings<\/em>. In television and film he proves two things, an unmistakable gift for story-telling and a visual power in his cinematic realization. We look forward to a close collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sky Studios has partnered with writer-director Philipp Leinemann, who will write, develop and direct German and international Sky Originals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":13098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3834,3440],"class_list":["post-13097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-philipp-leinemann","tag-sky-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n