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‘Deutschland 83’ Creator Joerg Winger Sets Up Fremantle-Backed Big Window Banner (EXCLUSIVE)
Ed Meza @edmezavarJoerg Winger, producer and co-creator of the hit three-season “Deutschland” Cold War spy series, has launched a new outfit aimed at developing, producing and distributing high-end drama formats, including English-language and international productions.Berlin-based Big Window Productions, set up between original “Deutschland” producer UFA Fiction and parent group Fremantle, will focus “on a small portfolio of extraordinary stories with high entertainment value, often inspired by real events,” Winger said.Projects currently in development include a limited series about a scandalous COVID-19 outbreak and an English-language thriller set in Berlin.“Because our focus is so much on international and English-language