Stefan Arndt Steps Down From ‘Babylon Berlin’ Maker X Filme Creative Pool, As Tom Tykwer Becomes Managing Director
deadline.comGerman director Tom Tykwer has been named Managing Director of Babylon Berlin producer X Filme Creative Pool as part of a restructure that sees company co-founder Stefan Arndt step down.
The pair co-founded the German production powerhouse 30 years ago, but Tykwer will now succeed Arndt in the MD role, and joins Uwe Schott on the management team in Berlin.
Arndt is exiting “at his own request” but will remain “associated” with the producer and stays on its board. X Filme noted the restructure was “intended to sharpen the focus on the development and implementation of creative, bold and unusual material for film and television.” “I would like to withdraw from the day-to-day business so that I can concentrate more on producing again,” said Arndt. “Some exciting projects are already in the pipeline and I’m looking forward to realising them as a freelance producer with the X Filme team.” Tykwer, Arndt and fellow co-founders Wolfgang Becker and Dani Levy remain shareholders, along with Beta and Bogey.
Tykwer, a film director, screenwriter, composer and producer, counts features such as Die Tödliche Maria, Sleepers, Heaven, The International, Drei, Cloud Atlas andWin Hologramm Für Den König as credits, and has been shooting high-end TV shows since 2015, most notably on Netflix’s sci-fi series Sense8 and Babylon Berlin, the Sky Deutschland and ARD Degeto drama X Filme co-produces with Beta.
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