Cast Detail: Jonas Katzenstein

Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo in 2008 co-founded the production company augenschein Filmproduktion, which is based in Cologne and Hamburg. They have produced or coproduced more than 25 international films including Ana, Mon Amour, which won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the Berlinale; Hunting Season, winner of the Venice Film Festival Critics’ Week Audience Award; My Happy Family, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and sold to Netflix; Los Perros, which premiered in the Cannes Critics’ Week; and Apprentice, selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes. Katzenstein and Leo have earned a solid reputation as go-to producers by focusing on international English-language productions such as the sci-fi thriller Stowaway and the drama Home. They have worked with Hollywood stars such as Kathy Bates, Anna Kendrick and Toni Collette and are always ready to support emerging talent. Katzenstein began his entertainment career as an audio engineer in 2002, founding the recording studio artaudio. In 2009 he received a postgraduate degree in narrative film production at Cologne Filmhaus. To expand augenschein Filmproduktion’s network and to strengthen its expertise in international coproduction, he attended further education and networking programs such as Cannes Producers Network, Rotterdam Lab, European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE) and others. 

Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo in 2008 co-founded the production company augenschein Filmproduktion, which is based in Cologne and Hamburg. They have produced or coproduced more than 25 international films including Ana, Mon Amour, which won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the Berlinale; Hunting Season, winner of the Venice Film Festival Critics’ Week Audience Award; My Happy Family, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and sold to Netflix; Los Perros, which premiered in the Cannes Critics’ Week; and Apprentice, selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes. Katzenstein and Leo have earned a solid reputation as go-to producers by focusing on international English-language productions such as the sci-fi thriller Stowaway and the drama Home. They have worked with Hollywood stars such as Kathy Bates, Anna Kendrick and Toni Collette and are always ready to support emerging talent. Katzenstein began his entertainment career as an audio engineer in 2002, founding the recording studio artaudio. In 2009 he received a postgraduate degree in narrative film production at Cologne Filmhaus. To expand augenschein Filmproduktion’s network and to strengthen its expertise in international coproduction, he attended further education and networking programs such as Cannes Producers Network, Rotterdam Lab, European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE) and others.