Production CompanyFilm

Essential Filmproduktion

Berlin, Germany(approximate location)

Who works there

  • Coproduction Office’sfounder Philippe Bober has produced over for
  • Lou Yeand actor Qin Hao at the 77th Cannes Film Fe
  • Philippe Boberand director Ruben Ostlund with the Palme d'
  • Alamy LiveNews Actress Tessa Göttlicher, director Ulri
  • Ulrich Seidland actress Claudia Martini at the premiere
  • Jury Prizewith co-screenwriter of IL BUCO, Giovanna Gi

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
LocationBerlin, Germany
Websitecoproductionoffice.eu
Emailsales@coproductionoffice.eu | clemens@coproductionoffice.eu | maya@coproductionoffice.eu | adam@coproductionoffice.eu
Phone+49 30 3277 7879
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.0IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

21 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of4nominations0%

154 wins from 433 nominations across all awards

Box office
$7m

Combined US gross, 11 of 31 titles

Suzhou River poster
Highest rated
Suzhou River
2000
7.46,879 votes
Battle in Heaven poster
Lowest rated
Battle in Heaven
2005
5.56,724 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, horror
Active
2000–2024
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Best known for
Triangle of Sadness

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 23 of 31 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Credits24 of 36

31 films

Titles per year31 titles · busiest 2019 with 4

31 titles across 27 years, averaging 1.1 a year. The last five years hold at 1.2 a year. 7 of those 27 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time21 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
5678their average 7.0200020102020

Their 2020s work is their strongest, averaging 7.2 across 4 titles. The 8 titles since 2015 average 7.1, holding at their 7.0 overall. 5 of 21 rated titles sit above their 7.0 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Jessica Hausner6
  • Ye Lou2
  • Ruben Östlund2
  • Ulrich Seidl2
  • Roy Andersson2
Writers
  • Jessica Hausner6
  • Géraldine Bajard3
  • Ye Lou2
  • Ruben Östlund2
  • Ulrich Seidl2
Notable cast
  • Lili Monori2
Genres
  • Drama21 of 23
  • Comedy8 of 23
  • Horror2 of 23
  • Mystery2 of 23
  • Fantasy2 of 23

Names appearing on two or more of Essential Filmproduktion’s produced titles, across the 23 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Essential Filmproduktion on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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