Kata — Knowledge applied to action
Independent Production Architects.
We help brands, agencies and their partners turn production knowledge into action: commissioning smarter, shaping the right production setup, and knowing what it should cost.
45+ years of
production leadership
Experience built at The Mill, Stink, Psyop, Markenfilm, Jung von Matt, Kolle Rebbe and DDB.
How we create value
More value comes from how production is set up, not only from cutting cost.
What we do
Four disciplines. One production architecture: strategy, organisation, AI and cost.
The founders
Studios founded, departments built, budgets carried.
Independent Production Architects, because the strategy is never theoretical.
Cornelius Roenz
Twenty years at Markenfilm, seven of them as Managing Director.
Justin Stiebel
Fifteen years leading VFX and production companies across The Mill, Stink and Psyop.
Jankel Huppertz
Twelve years running production at Jung von Matt, across formats and scales.
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.
What we do
Services
One partner across strategy, organisation, AI and cost.
How we engage
Three ways in.
The difference is how far.
Each one: fixed scope, a fee agreed before we start, and a recommendation you keep whatever you decide next.
Our services
Next step
Not sure where you would start?
That is what the call is for.
How we work
Approach
Most production problems are operational, not creative. So, as Independent Production Architects, we built one roadmap for everyone who touches production: CMOs, procurement, agency leads, executive producers and business leaders.
Independent judgement.
On your side.
Production advice often comes from someone with a financial stake in the outcome. We sit beside the decision, never above the process and never inside the margin. Every recommendation is grounded in production systems we have designed and built ourselves.
How we work
How we show up in every engagement.
KATA. In Practice.
Production is always moving.
New briefs. New formats. New technologies. New markets.
What holds is structure.
Experience into decisions.Data into a number you can check.Complexity into something people can work with.
As Production Architects, we build the systems, processes and teams that make production clearer, more efficient and easier to manage.
Independent enough to challenge.Experienced enough to know what matters.Practical enough to turn decisions into action.
Knowledge Applied to Action.
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.
Who we are
Team
Three founding partners who built and ran productions. A network of specialists behind them.
The founders
Built by people who ran the companies that make this work.
Studios founded, departments built, budgets carried. Independent Production Architects, because the strategy is never theoretical.
The network
Specialist expertise, brought in when and where it matters.
KATA leads the work. Specialist expertise is added only where the assignment calls for it. Knowledge Applied to Action, exactly where it is needed.
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.
Contact
Let's talk.
Tell us what you are trying to figure out.
Start a conversation
Tell us what you are trying to figure out. You will get a person, not a form response.
What happens next
A 45-minute call, at a time that suits you.
An honest read within 24 hours on whether we are the right people to help.
What a first engagement looks like, and where we would start.
Individual contacts