Gesas Management Team Members

Before founding gesas.management in 2011, Gesa worked for 17 years at leading advertising agencies and film production companies in the business such as McCann-Erickson, Jung von Matt, Tempomedia or Markenfilm as Art Buyer, Directors’ Scout as well as Head of Sales. Many of her friendly and longstanding connections to agencies, film production companies and other filmmakers came about during this time, and today make up Gesa’s network.
Over time and through joint projects, this has also developed into a successful and lasting cooperation on an international level. Because outstanding work, common interests and success forms a bond.
The gesas.management portfolio currently consists of the representation of selected, award winning international film production companies with a strong digital and also classic range, the placement and management of international directors and dops – supplemented by the search and promotion of suitable talents – as well as individual consultations and independent directors’ scouting for agencies and film production companies in the national market. After spending some years in the US and Hamburg Gesa currently lives with her family in Düsseldorf. 

Before Petra joined gesas.management as a partner in 2015, she had the opportunity to gain a thorough grounding in the (commercial) film industry.
Her initial experience of the film business came in the area of post-production at ARRI TV. Afterwards she followed the classic career path from production assistant to floor manager, production manager and producer at notable commercial film production companies such as Hager Moss Film, Roman Kuhn, Hochkant and REM as well as at TV and motion picture production companies. Following the birth of her son she left the production side of the business and got involved in directing and talent scouting as head of the directors’ department at TwinFilm, which also led to the establishment of many friendly and long-standing contacts and relationships with further commercial film production companies, feature film producers and other film-makers. Petra and Gesa got to know and appreciate one another at TwinFilm where they formed an unbeatable team, and they are sure to do so once again … Having also spent a few years in the USA, Petra now lives south of Munich with her family and horse.