Sehsucht
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2000
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 1
About Sehsucht
Sehsucht is a Hamburg-based hybrid production studio combining filmmaking, animation and visual effects. Founded in 2000 by editor Martin Woelke and motion designer Ole Peters, it brings live-action directing, photorealistic computer graphics, stylized animation and motion design into a shared creative production practice. Its work spans commercial campaigns, branded content, television, music videos and event titles.
The studio's capabilities range from concept art, styleframes and look development to character animation, creature design, compositing and finished visual effects. It offers VFX supervision, shot design, CGI production, color grading and digital finishing, alongside commercial directing and broadcast package design. Real-time rendering and interactive installations extend its practice into immersive and experiential work.
Commercial and screen production
Automotive advertising forms a substantial part of Sehsucht's portfolio, with campaigns for Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi. Its projects combine technical imagery, animated characters and photorealistic vehicle work with different approaches to storytelling. Examples include the animated T-Rex in Audi's The Comeback, the historical vehicle recreation in BMW's The Small Escape, and Porsche's Mission X – The Call of Tomorrow.
Beyond automotive work, the studio serves consumer brands, technology and telecommunications companies, broadcasters and cultural events. Its commercial collaborations include agencies such as Jung von Matt, antoni and Grabarz & Partner. The portfolio also encompasses stylized festival imagery, virtual reality animation and music-led productions.
For Sky Original's eight-part mystery series Hausen, Sehsucht served as lead visual effects vendor and production design partner, delivering more than 300 VFX shots together with creature and title design. The project illustrates the studio's work across episodic storytelling as well as advertising.
Development
Sehsucht expanded its creative and technical network through its 2018 combination with Liga 01 Computerfilm. Subsequent corporate restructuring consolidated its main operations in Hamburg. The studio continues to work internationally, combining its German production base with commercial representation partnerships abroad.
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Leadership and early history
- As of the November 2026 research, managing directors are Florian Dehmel, a former lead compositor and long-time VFX supervisor, and Jan Tiller, an executive producer.
- Co-founder Ole Peters merged his design label LaborTV into the studio in 2003.
Production methods and international collaboration
- The 2024 Bump Festival opener used non-photorealistic Blender Eevee rendering, with visual inspiration drawn from Moebius and Étienne-Louis Boullée's Cenotaph.
- International representation includes a directorial roster agreement with Not To Scale, a production house based in London and the US. The companies also collaborated with Ogilvy UK on the 2025 EY campaign.
Industry recognition
- At the Deutscher Werbefilmpreis 2024, Porsche's Mission X was nominated for Best Visual Effects and Mercedes-Benz's Digital Experience for Best Animation.
- Florian Dehmel served as a 2024 Grand Juror for VFX & Animation at the Deutscher Werbefilmpreis.
Notable credits
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Current and former locations of Sehsucht
- Laeiszstr. 13–15, 20357 Hamburg, GermanyHamburg, Germany
Hamburg office
HeadquartersOriginal founding headquarters and current primary operating office.
- Berlin, Germany
Berlin offices
Former officeAbout this office
**Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: Korsörer Straße 13, 10437 Berlin, Germany Former premises of the same-brand Berlin production branch. The report does not establish the opening date or the date this particular address ceased operating. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: Schönhauser Allee 148, 10435 Berlin, Germany Former premises of the same-brand Berlin production branch. The report does not establish the opening date or the date this particular address ceased operating.
- Landwehrstraße 60–62, 80336 Munich, GermanyMünchen, Bayern, Germany
München office
Former officeAbout this office
Former same-brand Bavarian branch following the 2018 Liga 01 combination. Its regional operating entity entered liquidation and ceased independent operations.
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