Das Werk

Das Werk is a German visual effects and post-production studio network working across advertising, feature films, episodic television, streaming and digital media. Founded in Frankfurt am Main in 1992, it combines creative development with image production and audiovisual finishing through six interconnected studios across Germany.

Its commercial work spans automotive, consumer goods, beauty, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and banking. The network works with advertising agencies, production companies and brands, supporting projects from visual treatment and design through finished deliverables. Its capabilities bring together animation, visual effects, editorial, color and sound within a full-service post-production offering.

Creative development and finishing

Das Werk provides conception, creative direction, motion graphics and visual design alongside 3D character animation, environment creation and photorealistic CGI. Compositing services include digital beauty work, image clean-up and packshot enhancement, supporting both effects-led sequences and detailed commercial finishing.

Editorial work covers offline and online editing. Color grading, digital intermediate and mastering extend the picture-finishing process, while audio post-production and sound design support the completed audiovisual work. The network also offers quality control, digital archiving, media asset management and distribution of finished assets across multiple channels. AI-assisted creation and production pipelines form part of its current approach to digital asset generation and commercial finishing.

Advertising and film work

The studio's portfolio includes automotive campaigns for Porsche, BMW and Mini, alongside advertising for Wagner, Sagrotan and Head & Shoulders. Its feature-film work includes full picture post-production, digital intermediate and finishing for Rupert Everett's The Happy Prince. These projects reflect a practice spanning brand communication and longer-form screen production.

Das Werk's history includes successive changes in ownership and corporate structure while the studio network continued under its established brand. Following the original group's financial difficulties and a period within Media Select, Frank Evers' Cine Plus group acquired and restructured the German studios in 2011. The network continues to operate as an active post-production business within Cine Plus.