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Change in the Management Board of Constantin Film AG
2023-11-23 / 15:15 CET/CEST
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Change in the Management Board of Constantin Film AG
Pratteln, November 23, 2023
Martin Moszkowicz, Chairman of the Executive Board of Constantin Film, a wholly owned subsidiary of Highlight
Communications AG,will let his contract expire as planned and at his own request on February 29th, 2024 and will
continue to work as a producer for Constantin Film from March 1, 2024. The company's Supervisory Board has approved
this request.
The Supervisory Board of the company has appointed the previous Deputy Chairman, Oliver Berben, to be Chairman of the
Executive Board of the company as of March 1st, 2024. Additionally, Hanns Beese (Member of the Board, Finance) has
extended his contract.
Constantin Film is thus focussing on continuity and stability in its management.
Martin Moszkowicz is one of the most significant producer personalities in Germany. Constantin Film has achieved some
remarkable successes under his aegis and established itself as a leading media company both at home and abroad.
"We are very grateful to Martin Moszkowicz for his many years of professional and loyal leadership and cooperation.
Under his guidance, Constantin Film has developed sustainably into one of the most successful independent film and
television production companies in Europe," explains Bernhard Burgener, President and Delegate of the Board of
Highlight Communications AG and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Constantin Film. "We wish him the very best for
his future and are delighted that he will continue to be a part of Constantin Film in his future role as a producer. We
are certain that we have found the ideal successor as Chairman in Oliver Berben and are firmly convinced that he will
continue and further develop the successful history of Constantin Film. We wish him all the best and every success in
his new role."
Martin Moszkowicz, Chairman of the Executive Board of Constantin Film: "In the last 30 years I have had the privilege
of further expanding the position of Constantin Film to make it one of the leading players in the international film
industry. This time was characterized by enthusiasm, sacrifice, creative discovery and major successes. I would like to
express my gratitude to all those who have helped. With every film, every series we have produced we have tried to
realize our mutual vision and passion. We've been planning this for a long time - now the time has come for a new
generation to run the company. While I'm looking forward to my new position as producer for Constantin Film, I'm proud
of what we have achieved together. I am very optimistic that the company will continue to thrill audiences with my
previous deputy and successor Oliver Berben at the helm. I wish him and all Constantin Film employees all the best."
Oliver Berben, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Constantin Film: "I am grateful to Bernhard Burgener and the
supervisory board for the great trust they have put in me by appointing me Chairman of the Executive Board of
Constantin Film. This is a massive opportunity for me to continue such a visionary and creative company in the
tradition of Bernd Eichinger and Martin Moszkowicz and at the same time being able to make a small mark of my own.
Together with my colleagues I look forward to meeting the challenge of the worldwide developments of the industry and
seizing new chances to thrill our audiences with innovative ideas and great stories."
Martin Moszkowicz has been part of the company management since 1990, he is Chairman of the Executive Board of
Constantin Film AG since 1 January 2014 and is responsible for the company's film business, including worldwide
production and distribution, world sales, marketing and publicity as well as corporate communication and legal affairs.
As a producer, executive producer and co-producer, Martin Moszkowicz has been responsible for numerous nationally and
internationally successful films and television productions and has been involved in more than 300 productions.
Numerous successful films have been produced during his time at the helm of the company, such as "Monster Hunter",
"Fack Ju Goehte 1-3", "Das Perfekte Geheimnis", "How About Adolf?", "Family Affairs", "The Collini Case", the "Resident
Evil"- and "Eberhofer"-Franchises and most recently the Nibelung adaptation "Hagen" and "Those About to Die".
While he has been Chairman of the Executive Board, Constantin Film has received a total of twelve Branchentiger awards
from the German Federal Film Board for Germany's most successful production and distribution company. Martin Moszkowicz
has been honored many times for his achievements, including Cinemacon's "Career Achievement in Film Award" and the
"Variety's Achievement in International Film Award". He is a member of the Board of the Alliance of German Producers.
He has been involved with promoting up-and-coming filmmakers for many years and he has been in charge of Department V
(Production and Media Economics) as a professor at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) since 2019.
Oliver Berben, Deputy Chairman since 2021, is responsible for the TV, Entertainment & Digital Media division at
Constantin Film AG. Beforehand, he was head of Production at Constantin Film Produktion GmbH. In 1996, Oliver Berben
founded MOOVIE GmbH in Berlin, which became a subsidiary of Constantin Film AG three years later.
Oliver Berben has produced more than 200 films and series for TV and cinema. His most recent projects include "The
Typist" (2018), "Perfume" (2018), "Playing God" (2020), "The Un-Word" (2020), "Ferdinand von Schirach: Enemies" (2021),
"We Children from Bahnhof Zoo" (2021), "The Allegation" (2021), "KaDeWe - Our Time Is Now" (2021), "The Palace" (2022),
"The Conference" (2022) and the worldwide Netflix hit "Dear Child" (2023). Most recently he is producing the Nibelung
adaptation "Hagen" and "Those About to Die".

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