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Independent Production Architects

From fragments,
order.

We build and sharpen production structures for brands and agencies.

45+ years of production leadership

Experience built at The Mill, Stink, Psyop, Markenfilm and Jung von Matt. Independent. No financial ties to the production companies, directors or agencies we recommend.

Better by design.What we do

Four pillars, one partner: strategy, organisation, AI and cost, held to a single independent standard.

Strategic Advisory

How content gets commissioned, planned and made at scale. Decided, not inherited.

Organisational Setup & Studio Builds

The capability your organisation needs, designed from the ground up or rebuilt from inside.

AI Integration & Transformation

AI in the workflow, under real governance. Deployed, not piloted.

Production Controlling

Cost is where strategy shows up. We read the numbers structurally: what carries load, what is padding, what is about to fail.

Strategy · Organisation · AI · ControllingAll services →

How we engage

Every relationship starts one of three ways: an audit, a workshop or a pilot. Each one: fixed scope, a fee agreed before we start, and a recommendation you keep whatever you decide next.

Audit

2–4 weeks · fixed fee

Your production setup: mapped and scored across all six dimensions of the Method, against rates we have negotiated ourselves. Where cost leaks, you see it line by line.

Workshop

1–2 days · fixed fee

One topic (AI readiness, production strategy or process), worked through with your team, ending in a written deliverable.

Pilot

4–8 weeks · scoped fee

A pressing project, run end to end with us embedded, from brief through to handover.

No retainer required to startHow engagements work →

The method

Most production problems are operational, not creative. Every audit is scored across six dimensions, and one roadmap comes out.

Workflow & Process
Technology & Systems
Budget & Resource
Team & Capability
Pipeline & Quality
Vendor & Partner
Diagnostic · Roadmap · Recommendation · yours to keepThe full method →

The founders

The people you would actually work with. Studios founded, departments built, budgets carried.

Justin StiebelFifteen years leading VFX and production companies. The Mill, Stink, Psyop.
Cornelius RoenzTwenty years at Markenfilm, seven of them as Managing Director.
Jankel HuppertzTwelve years running production at Jung von Matt, across formats and scales.
Three founding partners · one independent standardMeet the team →

— Start with a conversation —

Tell us what you are trying to figure out.

A 45-minute call. We will come back within 24 hours with an honest read on whether we are the right people to help, and which founder you would be working with.