Nico Biesenbach is a highly experienced international hair and make-up artist from Cologne, Germany. Her clients and projects range from advertising to showbiz and she regularly works for big brands, national and international celebrities, fashion clients and shows. Nico also works on commercial shoots with local crews and foreign clients on five continents.

Nico's talents inlcude hair and make-up, extensions, wigs and bodypainting. Her favourite style is modern, straight and natural. Clients value her friendly personality as much as her professional and creative team-working style.

Her philosophy is "Hair and make-up has to fit to the project, the brand, the outfits and the person." She has worked for Usher, Annie Lennox, Alanis Morissette, Michael Bubble, Michael Schuhmacher, Dennis Hopper, and many more.

Visit Nico's website for a deeper impression.

"I appreciate your approach to people. I´ll be coming back on you.“ A client's quote after an extensive day of shooting.

Munich-based photographer Armin Brosch centers on business portraiture - be it the management board for the annual report, profile photos of employees for the website, or documenting a company event.

Steffen Hofemann reveals female beauty through his work, focussing on a passionate approach towards emotion and sensuality. His intense feeling for the perfect moment gives his pictures the natural expression that is so unique to his style.

Steffen is known for his ability to capture personality, to show emotions, even in the fields of fashion and beauty photography.

He has been working as a freelance photographer for more than 15 years. A full-member of BFF, he also directs, working as D.o.P and producing films along with his photo shoots. Steffen shoots for national and international clients including Weleda, Nivea, Triumph, Peek&Cloppenburg, Lufthansa and Sony.

Steffen is represented by wildfoxrunning.com. Visit his Facebook profile to see more.

André Forner is a Berlin-based photographer focusing on creating pictures for corporate and advertising clients.

He is currently on a global assignment for Freudenberg & Co., working on an employer branding campaign in India, China, Brazil and the United States.

André recently worked on global brand communication images for long-time Swedish client Seco Tools AB as well as the new campaign for hearing aid company Geers.

Besides creating state-of-the-art advertising photography, André always aims to bring the lifestyle touch into corporate and industrial photography, giving his clients an outstanding and fresh look for their communications.

711rent is a leading professional equipment rental company with seven branches in Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona and Mallorca.

711rent has moved its Mallorca office to Palma. Located in Son Castello (15 mins from the city center/airport) the new location has ample parking and offers a wide range of equipment from Profoto Pro10, to Arri M18, DSRL and medium format digital systems. A big free of charge delivery area plus ability to deliver to all Balearic Islands makes 711rent Malloca the first choice for renting professional photo and video equipment.

The 711rent Barcelona shop is located in Poblenou. Serving Spain and the Canaries, the team is specialised in photo equipment and flash systems and carries a large variety of continuous light from Briese, Arri and LED Products.

The 711rent network enables clients to order equipment and pick it up at any of the company's branches. Clients are always welcome to stop by and check out the newest equipment, or just have a cup of coffee and a chat!

Avenger Photographers is a Munich based photographic agency founded in 2002 by Sylvia Weinmann. The company represents a small group of highly talented photographers for advertising, beauty, fashion, stills
and lifestyle.

Avenger Photographers' priority is to support the creative work of its artists. "Our ethos is professionalism, integrity and honesty; our approach is friendly, organised and reliable; and our shoots are productive, stress-free and fun!"

Photographers include Volker Dautzenberg (Germany, Munich), Dirk Bader (Germany, Munich), Stefanos Notopoulos (Germany, Munich), Jörg Schieferecke (Germany, Stuttgart), Andreas Pollok (Germany, Munich), Dieter Steinbach (Austria, Wien), and Sammy Hart (Germany, Munich).

All recent shoots and latest news can be seen on Avenger Photographers' blog.

Welcome to Showcase Germany, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of the top photo agents, photographers, illustrators, directors, post production companies, location services, photo stock agencies, make-up artists, stylists, model and casting agencies, equipment rental companies, rental studios, music composers, and other creative talents and services based in Germany.

Companies such as Lufthansa, Vogue, BMW, Expedia, L´Officiel, Nutella, Audi, Philips, Madame, Porsche, Samsung, Targobank, and Institute Magazine, among others, have trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production can be found in our Berlin (Photo / Film), Cologne (Photo / Film),  Dusseldorf (Photo / Film), Frankfurt (Photo / Film), Hamburg (Photo / Film), Munich (Photo / Film) and Stuttgart (Photo / Film) directories.

Be sure to check out our featured events:

• EPEA 03 - European Photo Exhibition Award - Shifting Boundaries, from 3rd March to 1st May at the House of Photography, Hamburg.
• Film Series: German Movies 2016 - until 17th March at Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich.
• 11 Millimeter - International Football film festival, from 30th March to 3rd April in Berlin. 
• Watched! Surveillance, Art & Photography - exhibition until 23rd April at C/O Berlin.

Our cover image was shot by Julia Keltsch.

Emphasising the company's close cooperation with all the hidden stars behind the camera and on set, with a wink of an eye FGV Schmidle claims "We are 'Making of!'"

FGV is deeply rooted in the international film industry, and with vast experience and an impressive inventory has been providing leading production services for decades. Consistent cooperation and communication is a vital part of the company’s knowledge base. As a result clients are able to do their jobs better, be it with the latest high-tech equipment, through the team's technically demanding solutions, or even its own developments.

Established in 1972 and with home bases in Munich and Berlin, FGV Rental provides services including camera systems (digital, film, and photo), lighting (daylight, tungsten, LED, tube, photo), grip (from cranes to dollies, tripods, stands and more), and vehicles, all with a 24/7 rental pick-up and return.

A 700 m² / 7,500 sq.ft. studio located on the Munich premises benefits from great transportation connections. Features include a ceiling height of 12m/40ft, motorised green- and bluescreens, three motorised rigs for loads of up to two tons each, a 7x14m (24x46ft) ceiling reflector, Cyclorama covering two walls (24x29x11m / 79x95x36ft), production offices, an industry standard kitchen and parking lot.

The focus on food and still life photography is obvious when looking at Kai Stiepel's portfolio. His photographs are loaded with creativity and original ideas and he is always looking for new angles, never losing the big picture.

Kai has over 20 years of experience working for big magazines, companies and advertising agencies.

Featured in this Showcase is some of his most recent work. His people images were shot in an old 'sleeping' car factory.

Visit his website to see more of his work.

"SONOTON Music – get the right track within seconds."

With over 115,000 production music tracks, the SONOTON music catalogue offers a huge, diverse and unique selection of musical genres for all types of productions. More than 2,500 talented composers have created an extensive variety of production music in every mood and instrumentation.

The user-friendly online search program SONOfind is the easiest way for producers to find the perfect track in just a few seconds.

SONOfind provides inspiring theme-based playlists, together with many filter options to quickly narrow down the found tracks.