Mission
Anthill Road Productions is a young, writer-driven production label. We make content we ourselves would want to watch and are working to create an atmosphere of creative collaboration. Our goal is the sustainable development and production of high quality and high concept series and films with an international appeal for the German market.
Anthill Road Productions aims to be the link between creatives, content and audiences in the German film industry. We value quality over quantity which is reflected in our small team, a focus on long term collaborations as well as the development of hand picked passion projects. We actively seek out new talent to collaborate with and support them in their personal development.
About Us
Our international team gives us a fresh perspective on Germany and its stories as well as a direct link to international markets. At the same time, we can guarantee high quality drafts of concepts and scripts in English and German thanks to our bilinguality.
Helena Hofmann
-Writer & Producer
Award winning writer & producer Helena Hofmann is an alumna of Filmakademie Baden Württemberg, Serial Eyes and UCLA Extension. With more than ten years of experience in production and development in Germany, London and Los Angeles, she worked as a head writer, staff writer as well as a producer and worked alongside national and international industry greats such as Ralf Husmann (Stromberg, Merz gegen Merz, Frau Jordan stellt gleich), Frank Spotnitz (XFiles, Man in the High Castle, Medici) and Dean Georgaris (Gladiator, Life of Pi).
She is a successful entrepreneur in film, research and mentoring. She was a Co-Mentor on the 21/22 Academy for Children’s Media, where she tutored the series group together with Stefan Schomerus. With her initiative EINFACH SCHREIBEN Helena and her co-founder and best-selling novelist, Kathinka Engel, help children from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to find their voice and confidence in their creative writing.
Annika Cizek
-Writer & Junior Producer
Since 2017 Annika Cizek has worked as a freelance writer, production assistant and junior producer for companies like Olga Film, Sunny Side Up, Odeon Fiction and UFA Fiction. Her credits as a writer include Schwester, Schwester, Beck is Back and Faking Hitler, which was awarded the German Television prize 2022 in the categories Best Drama Series and Best Male Actor. In cooperation with the Children’s Media Academy for which she received a scholarship in 2021/22, she co-developed and wrote the mystery TV show Kaltstart, which aired on Kika in September 22. She studied in Erlangen, Middlesbrough and Dublin and received a Bachelor’s degree in Media studies and English in 2016.
Aoife Bradshaw
- Writer
Aoife Bradshaw is a screenwriter developing film and TV projects across the European market. In 2020 she was selected as the first Irish participant for the DFFB's ‘Serial Eyes’ programme, where she worked with international showrunners developing original series concepts. Immediately after the course she was commissioned to write the concept for a new four-part crime series.
Currently, she is the head writer for an upcoming narrative console game (Xbox/Playstation) inspired by Celtic mythology. Aoife has an MA in Screenwriting for Film and TV from Ireland’s National Film School and was awarded the Writers’ Guild of Ireland Award for Screenwriting in 2018 for her feature script, 'The Changeling', which is now in development.
Laura Tunbridge
- Script Editor
Laura Jayne Tunbridge is a BAFTA nominated writer, a director and a script editor from Kent, UK.
Laura is a graduate of Yale University and the National Film and Television School (NFTS) where she gained her MA in Screenwriting. While at the NFTS Laura wrote numerous award winning shorts. They include, BAFTA and BIFA nominated Night of the Living Dread; Other Half, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2021; and the RTS Award winning queer love story, Requiem.
In 2020 Laura wrote and directed Dragged Up, starring Gaby French. The short was selected for festivals including Encounters, Inside Out and Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Short. Dragged Up was nominated for Best British Short at the BAFTA qualifying Iris Prize and has been broadcast twice on Channel 4 in the UK.
As a script editor Laura works with writers and producers across shorts, series and feature ideas. She has worked with organisations such as BFI Network, Screen Cornwall and the BBC. Laura is passionate about supporting new talent and telling stories that centre traditionally underrepresented characters.
Leonie Rudloff
- Assistant & Junior Producer
Leonie’s love for film and media stems from her childhood obsession with acting. At 18, she moved to London to study Method Acting, which only fueled her fascination for film, and led her to do her bachelor’s degree in Film Studies & English Literature at Oxford Brookes University.
She followed this up by acquiring her master’s degree in Mediaproduction: TV Drama Production at Salford University, Media City UK, where she graduated with a distinction. After returning to Germany and before assuming her current position at Anthill Road Productions, Leonie drew a circle in TV commercials and branded content around the globe.
Networking Events.
Once a month we open our doors to connect with other creatives from the industry as well as our audience by hosting networking drinks, industry talks and mini-masterclasses that offer space for personal development, idea exchanges and connection. If you’d like to join us in our cozy office, please sign up here for our newsletter to learn about upcoming events…