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Marcus Ammon

As Managing Director Content, Marcus Ammon assumes responsibility for the content of all Bavaria Fiction’s productions and projects.

From 2009 to 2021, Marcus Ammon worked for Sky Deutschland in the content department, where he was responsible for the section Original Production. Fictional in-house productions such as ”Das Boot“, ”Babylon Berlin“, ”Pagan Peak“ and ”8 Tage“ were developed and produced under Ammon’s guidance. In addition to this role, he represented the European production unit Sky Studios in Germany and Austria. Previously Marcus Ammon was in charge of the development and expansion of the film and series channels at Sky.

Before joining Sky, Marcus Ammon was Managing Director at MGM Networks Deutschland GmbH between 2003 and 2009. Prior to that, he served as Program Director at Universal Studios Networks Germany GmbH and was responsible for program acquisition and planning for the channels 13th Street und Studio Universal. Marcus Ammon spent the first four years of his professional career at broadcasters ProSieben and Kabel 1.

Marcus Ammon studied theatre, film and television studies, business administration and political science at the Ruhr University in Bochum.

Marcus Ammon
Managing Director
External profiles

Filmography

Awards

2023
Das Boot New York TV & Film Award Silver Best Drama
Das Boot New York TV & Film Award Silver Best Use of Technology
Das Boot Jupiter Award Best TV-Series (national) nominated
2021
Das Boot Seoul International Drama Awards Best Mini-Series nominated
Das Boot New York TV & Film Award Silver Drama
Das Boot Shanghai TV Festival - Magnolia Award Best Foreign TV Series nominated
Das Boot TV Choice Award Best Drama Series nominated
Das Boot Rockie Awards Drama Series: Non-English Language nominated
Das Boot Jupiter Award Best TV-Series (national) nominated
2020
Das Boot Rose d’Or Award Drama nominated
Das Boot New York TV & Film Award Drama nominated
2019
Das Boot Deutscher Fernsehpreis Best Drama Series nominated
Das Boot Grimme-Preis Fiction nominated
Das Boot ROMY Prize of the Jury
Das Boot Bayrischer Fernsehpreis Special Prize of the Jury
Das Boot Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award Best Foreign Film/Miniseries
Das Boot Golden Nymph Award Best TV Drama Series nominated
Das Boot TBI Innovation Award Best Debut Drama Series nominated
Das Boot C21 International Drama Award Best non-English language drama series nominated
2018
Das Boot GQ Men of the Year Award TV National