Beta adds UFA’s Goez for copros

German producer and distributor Beta Film has appointed an exec from Deutschland 83 producer UFA Fiction to work across international coproductions.

Friedemann Goez

Friedemann Goez has been named executive for German, European and international developments and coproductions, tasked with strengthening the company’s TV production department.

Goez worked for Academy Award-winner Volker Engel at his US-based company Uncharted Territory before joining Nico Hofmann’s UFA Fiction in 2014. He was attached as producer on UFA and Beta’s recent Cold War drama The Same Sky.

Moritz von Kruedener, Beta’s MD, said the company’s “growing involvement in international TV production” required “not only experience and a good sense for storytelling, but also team spirit and strong personal skills.

“Friedemann combines all these qualities to help contribute to Beta’s future production engagements.”

Beta Film, which is headed up by Jan Mojto, sells more than 15,000 hours of programming and is coproducing an array of dramas including Babylon Berlin. The company recently agreed a tie-up with the show’s coproducer, X-Filme.