Windcatcher-Productions

Adrianna Amra Bartosiewicz was born in Poland and grew up in Frankfurt am Main. She studied art history, history and law at Goethe University. She then went on to study Motion Pictures at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, focusing on screenwriting, directing and production. During her studies she worked at the Schauspiel Frankfurt with a.o. Kay Voges and at the Hessian Film and Media Academy. She realized many short films and documentaries, which were commissioned by the Hessian Ministry of Art and Science or television stations, among others.

One of her short films “Polenstrich” premiered at the Lichter Filmfest 24 and was shown at other European film festivals. In 2024, she made 3 film portraits about international scientists, such as Andrea Ablasser, for the Nomis Foundation in Zurich. Her graduation documentary “Mutter(Sohn)” was funded by Hessen Film and is currently still being shot in Serbia and Germany.

Oliver Chrzanowski was born in Bremerhaven to Polish parents and grew up bilingually in Bremen. He studied Theater-Film-Media Studies and Western/Southern Slavic Studies at Goethe University from 2002. A stay abroad brought him to the Université Paris 10 Nanterre, where he studied Arts du Spectacle. During his studies, he completed internships in festival organization at the Heidelberg Theatre and the Stary Teatr in Krakow as well as at the German Poland Institute in Darmstadt.

In 2008, Oliver began working in the artistic operations office of the Deutsches Theater Berlin during Oliver Reese's directorship. In 2009, he moved to the artistic operations office of the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, where he was personal assistant to artistic production manager Tobias Veit from 2010. From 2012 to 2020, he was responsible for the Schaubühne's guest performance management and international co-productions. During this time, he realized around 100 guest performances in over 40 countries on 5 continents and travelled through the theaters of the world with productions by Thomas Ostermeier, Milo Rau, Katie Mitchell, Michael Thalheimer, Falk Richter and Simon McBurney, among others.

Catharina Kleber was born on June 6, 1986, in Switzerland. She grew up in the USA, England, and Germany. She completed her degree in Theatre, Film, and Media Studies in Vienna in 2013. Since 2008, she has worked regularly, first as an assistant and later as a writer and director for TV documentaries and live recordings, including for ZDF, ARTE, ORF, and 3sat.

Maximilian Höhnle studied film production at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. In 2012, he founded the production company OVIDFILM in Stuttgart and held various positions as production and production manager. After graduating, he worked as a project manager at MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg, where he was responsible for documentaries and green shooting.

Since 2022, Maximilian Höhnle has been working as a freelance production and production manager for cinema, TV and documentary film productions, including for Windcatcher Productions, Zieglerfilm and SWR. Since 2024, he has also worked as a production manager at Wood Water Films in Berlin. A special focus of his work is also on sustainable production processes - as a certified Green Consultant (IHK), he is committed to ecological standards in film and television production.