Mathias Schwerbrock

Mathias Schwerbrock (born in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a producer, director, writer, and line producer. He is the founder of the film company Film Base Berlin GmbH, which co-produced the internationally acclaimed film Don 2.

Schwerbrock has produced over 30 projects, wrote, directed and served as line producer, executive producer and service producer on several films.

After studies of philosophy and linguistics in Düsseldorf, Mathias started his career in Munich directing commercials and the short films Killing Boxes (Panorama Berlinale) and a medium length film Lumen (Hof). In 1994 he went to Berlin working as a production manager on a number of German feature films with directors Wolfgang Becker, Max Färberböck, Nico Hofmann and Rainer Matsutani before he moved on to line-produce mostly international feature films in China, Israel, US, Canada, Russia and France. After executive-producing the films Nightsongs (Competition Berlinale) and Hamburger Lektionen by Romuald Karmakar he co-produced the Bollywood action-blockbuster Don 2 with Excel Entertainment, Mumbai, directed by Farhan Akhtar featuring Shah Rukh Khan.

In 2011 his company Film Base Berlin service-produced the European shoot of the series The Transporter for Atlantique Films in Paris followed by the South-Korean action-pic The Berlin File directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. In 2013 and 2014, Mathias was line producing the Berlin shoot of DreamWorks' biopic The 5th Estate on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange directed by Bill Condon and Marjane Satrapi's Mandalay Vision production The Voices. In Israel he produced Sharon Rhyba Khan's documentary Recognition and Erez Pery's The Interrogation followed 2016 by Ofir Graizer's The Cakemaker.

In 2021 Mathias has been line-producing the SKY UK Series Then You Run and service-producing the Berlin shoot of the Killing Eve season 4 and has produced the Netflix documentary ELDORADO for the Thursday.Company. In 2023 he is co-producing the documentary After The Evil by Tamara Erde with Gloria-Films in Paris and is developing the feature film A Road Without A Name with Tamara Erde.

During all this time Mathias has been holding lectures at the Film University Potsdam and the Berlin-based Film Academy DFFB, as well as at the Ludwigsburg Academy and the Focal Institution, teaching young Line Producers the skills of producing and international production.

works as a tutor:

Bertelsmann-Stiftung Cologne, 1999/2000/2001, Budget Controlling in the Production Process German Film- and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), March 2005, Budgeting for Directors German Film- and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), Feb. 2006 Budgeting for Producers Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema and audiovisual media, Jan 2007 Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Geneva, Suisse Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema and audiovisual media, Jan 2008 Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in POTSDAM, Germany Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema and audiovisual media, March 2008 Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Zurich, Suisse ISFF Berlin - Lecture on international Coproductions - Jan 2010 EPI, Erich Pommer Institute - Lecture on int. Co-Production with Don II Case Study - Dec 2010 Focal, Feb 2011 Getting Bigger Workshop, Zürich Suisse University of Film and Television (HFF) Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Jan. 2012 Financing for Producers Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema and audiovisual media, Jan 2012 Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in MALTA Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema and audiovisual media, Jan 2015 Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Helsinki 2015 Focal, Foundation for professional Training in cinema, Amsterdam Jan 2016 Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Bilbao Jan 2017 University of Ludwigsburg, Lectures on International Producing and Budgeting 2018 Focal - Netflix India Workshop, Training of Line Producers in Mumbai April 2019 Focal - Amazon India Workshop, Training of Line Producers in Mumbai August 2019 Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Budapest Jan 2020 University of Ludwigsburg, Lectures on International Producing and Budgeting 2021 Production Value Workshop, Training of Line Producers & 1st ADs in Lausanne Jan 2022 University of Ludwigsburg, Lectures on International Producing and Budgeting 2022 University of Ludwigsburg, ELP - training of executive & Line Producers 2022 EAVE Participant with the project BIG FEAR as writer in Bergen, Norway EKRAN Participant in Warsaw Andrej Wajda School with the Project REAL by Dirk Schäfer

Member of the German Producers Association

Member of the European Film Academy

Member of the Producers Guild America p.g.a.

Member of the groundcontrol.network

Credits

Year Film Notes 2025 A Road Without A Name (development) Producer 2024 After the Evil Associate producer 2023 Mother Mary Line producer 2023 Then You Run Line producer 2023 Bawaal Service producer 2023 Eldorado, Everything the Nazis hate Producer 2023 Vikinger Line producer 2022 Sissi 2 Line producer 2022 Holy Spider Line producer in prep 2022 Trauma Producer in development 2021 Love Gets a Room Service producer 2020 Vater, Sohn und der Preis des Widerstandes Co-producer in development 2020 Rostocken Producer in development 2020 Storylines Service producer 2019 Crews & Gangs Line producer 2019 And Now Love Service producer 2019 The Sacrifice Producer in development 2019 Berlin, I Love You Line producer 2018 Killing Eve Service producer 2018 Delphi Rationale Producer 2017 The Cakemaker Co-producer 2016 Human Flow by Ai Weiwei Line producer 2016 The Interrogation Co-producer 2015 The Man in the High Castle Service producer 2015 Underground Fragrance Associate producer 2015 Recognition (Hakara) Producer 2014 The Voices Line producer 2013 The Fifth Estate Line producer 2012 Don 2 Producer 2011 Transporter: The Series Service producer 2011 The Berlin File Service producer 2010 Second Honeymoon Line producer 2009 John Rabe Line producer 2009 24 Hours Berlin Line producer 2009 Joanna Trollope Line producer 2008 For My Father Line producer 2007 Rudy: The Return of the Racing Pig Line producer 2006 My friend, the Yeti Line producer 2006 Hamburger Lektionen Executive producer 2006 French for Beginners Production supervisor 2004 Operation Valkyrie Line producer 2004 Nightsongs, Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder Executive producer 2004 Wanted! Line producer 2004 Carola Stern - Doppelleben Line producer 2003 Zuckerbrot Line producer 2003 Wolfsburg Line producer 2002 Berlin Symphony Line producer 2002 Boran Line producer 2001 Toter Mann Line producer 2001 Ende der Saison Line producer 2001 Zu nah am Feuer Line producer 2001 My Brother the Vampire Line producer 2001 Der Schuß Line producer 2001 Julietta Line producer 1999 Romantic Fighter Production manager 1999 Aimee & Jaguar Production manager 1999 Solo for Clarinet Production manager 1997 Life is All You Get Production manager 1996 The Burning Snail Production manager 1995 Infight Production manager 1994 Im Osten des Fensters Production manager 1992 Bildschirmherrschaft Director 1991 Killing Boxes (short) Director & writer 1989 Lumen Director & writer 1989 Verfolgte Wege Unit manager 1988 Das Sonntagskind Unit manager