Mathias Schwerbrock (born in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a producer, director, writer, and line producer. He is the founder of the film company Film Base Berlin GmbH, which co-produced the internationally acclaimed film Don 2.[1]

Schwerbrock has produced over 30 projects, wrote, directed and served as line producer, executive producer and service producer on several films.

After studies of philosophy and linguistics in Düsseldorf, Mathias started his career in Munich directing commercials and the short films Killing Boxes (Panorama Berlinale) and a medium length film Lumen (Hof). In 1994 he went to Berlin working as a production manager on a number of German feature films with directors Wolfgang Becker, Max Färberböck, Nico Hofmann and Rainer Matsutani before he moved on to line-produce mostly international feature films in China, Israel, US, Canada, Russia and France. After executive-producing the films Nightsongs (Competition Berlinale) and Hamburger Lektionen by Romuald Karmakar he co-produced the Bollywood action-blockbuster Don 2 with Excel Entertainment, Mumbai, directed by Farhan Akhtar featuring Shah Rukh Khan.

In 2011 his company Film Base Berlin service-produced the European shoot of the series The Transporter for Atlantique Films in Paris followed by the South-Korean action-pic The Berlin File directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. In 2013 and 2014, Mathias was line producing the Berlin shoot of Dreamworks' biopic The 5th Estate on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange directed by Bill Condon and Marjane Satrapi's Mandalay Vision production The Voices. In Israel he produced Sharon Rhyba Khan's documentary Recognition and Erez Pery's The Interrogation followed 2016 by Ofir Graizer's The Cakemaker.

In 2021 Mathias has been line-producing the SKY UK Series Then You Run and service-producing the Berlin shoot of the Killing Eve season 4 and has produced the Netflix documentary ELDORADO for the Thursday.Company. In 2023 he is co-producing the documentary After The Evil by Tamara Erde with Gloria-Films in Paris and is developing the feature film A Road Without A Name with Tamara Erde.

During all this time Mathias has been holding lectures at the Film University Potsdam and the Berlin based Film Academy DFFB, as well as at the Ludwigsburg Academy and the Focal Institution, teaching young Line Producers the skills of producing and international production.

works as a tutor:

  • Bertelsmann-Stiftung Cologne, 1999/2000/2001, Budget Controlling in the Production Process
  • German Film- and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), March 2005, Budgeting for Directors
  • German Film- and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), Feb. 2006 Budgeting for Producers
  • Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema and audiovisual media, Jan 2007 Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Geneva, Suisse
  • Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema and audiovisual media, Jan 2008 Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in POTSDAM, Germany
  • Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema and audiovisual media, March 2008 Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Zurich, Suisse
  • ISFF Berlin - Lecture on international Coproductions - Jan 2010
  • EPI, Erich Pommer Institute - Lecture on int. Co-Production with Don II Case Study - Dec 2010
  • Focal, Feb 2011 Getting Bigger Workshop, Zürich Suisse
  • University of Film and Television (HFF) Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Jan. 2012 Financing for Producers
  • Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema and audiovisual media, Jan 2012
  • Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in MALTA
  • Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema and audiovisual media, Jan 2015
  • Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Helsinki 2015
  • Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema, Amsterdam Jan 2016
  • Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Bilbao Jan 2017
  • University of Ludwigsburg, Lectures on International Producing and Budgeting 2018
  • Focal - Netflix India Workshop, Training of Line Producers in Mumbai April 2019
  • Focal - Amazon India Workshop, Training of Line Producers in Mumbai August 2019
  • Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Budapest Jan 2020
  • University of Ludwigsburg, Lectures on International Producing and Budgeting 2021
  • Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Lausanne Jan 2022
  • University of Ludwigsburg, Lectures on International Producing and Budgeting 2022
  • University of Ludwigsburg, ELP - training of executive & Line Producers 2022
  • EAVE Participant with the project BIG FEAR as writer in Bergen, Norway
  • EKRAN Participant in Warsaw Andrej Wajda School with the Project REAL by Dirk Schäfer

Member of the German Producers Association

Member of the European Film Academy

Member of the Producers Guild America p.g.a.

Member of the groundcontrol.network

Credits

Year Film Notes
2025 A Road Without A Name (development) Producer
2024 After the Evil Associate producer
2023 Mother Mary Line producer
2023 Then You Run Line producer
2023 Bawaal Service producer
2023 Eldorado, Everything the Nazis hate Producer
2023 Vikinger Line producer
2022 Sissi 2 Line producer
2022 Holy Spider Line producer in prep
2022 Trauma Producer in development
2021 Love Gets a Room Service producer
2020 Vater, Sohn und der Preis des Widerstandes Co-producer in development
2020 Rostocken Producer in development
2020 Storylines Service producer
2019 Crews & Gangs Line producer
2019 And Now Love Service producer
2019 The Sacrifice Producer in development
2019 Berlin, I Love You Line producer
2018 Killing Eve Service producer
2018 Delphi Rationale Producer
2017 The Cakemaker Co-producer
2016 Human Flow by Ai Weiwei Line producer
2016 The Interrogation Co-producer
2015 The Man in the High Castle Service producer
2015 Underground Fragrance Associate producer
2015 Recognition (Hakara) Producer
2014 The Voices Line producer
2013 The Fifth Estate Line producer
2012 Don 2 Producer
2011 Transporter: The Series[2] Service producer
2011 The Berlin File[3] Service producer
2010 Second Honeymoon Line producer
2009 John Rabe Line producer
2009 24 Hours Berlin Line producer
2009 Joanna Trollope Line producer
2008 For My Father Line producer
2007 Rudy: The Return of the Racing Pig Line producer
2006 My friend, the Yeti Line producer
2006 Hamburger Lektionen Executive producer
2006 French for Beginners Production supervisor
2004 Operation Valkyrie Line producer
2004 Nightsongs, Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder Executive producer
2004 Wanted! Line producer
2004 Carola Stern - Doppelleben Line producer
2003 Zuckerbrot Line producer
2003 Wolfsburg Line producer
2002 Berlin Symphony Line producer
2002 Boran Line producer
2001 Toter Mann Line producer
2001 Ende der Saison Line producer
2001 Zu nah am Feuer Line producer
2001 My Brother the Vampire Line producer
2001 Der Schuß Line producer
2001 Julietta Line producer
1999 Romantic Fighter Production manager
1999 Aimee & Jaguar Production manager
1999 Solo for Clarinet Production manager
1997 Life is All You Get Production manager
1996 The Burning Snail Production manager
1995 Infight Production manager
1994 Im Osten des Fensters Production manager
1992 Bildschirmherrschaft Director
1991 Killing Boxes (short) Director & writer
1989 Lumen Director & writer
1989 Verfolgte Wege Unit manager
1988 Das Sonntagskind Unit manager

References

  1. ↑ Meza, Ed (May 15, 2012). "Teuton titles titan". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Transporter (TV Series 2012)". Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Blaney, Martin. "First European shoot for Korean action director". Screen Daily. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
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