Lava Productions AG (Lava Productions AG)

Lava Productions Ltd is a privately owned film and TV production house headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.



We specialize in high-end TV documentaries and in documentary films.



Lava Productions is currently also in development of its first feature length docu drama.



Basil Gelpke together with Mike Helmy established the company in 1998. Both looked back at an international career in television when they joined forces to set up the company. Under the label Lava TV they produced various entertainment series such as Klassenfest, Hotflirt, Abenteuer Schweiz, Expedition Robinson and Alarm.



Lava TV became one of the first production companies in Europe for Reality TV programming, developing a variety of formats.



In order to expand into the German market in 2000 Lava Productions AG set up Eyeland LLC (www.eyelandtv.com link) in partnership with Germany’s MME (www.mme.de link). Shortly after that Eyeland produced SAT.1’s smash hit primetime reality series “Inselduell” (www.wunschliste.de/links.pl?p=1&s=8041 link).



2001, we acted as a greenhouse by founding Lava Productions LLC in Berlin (www.lavafilm.delink), which was later taken over by its local management team.



In 2005 Lava Productions AG was taken over and restructured by Basil Gelpke and merged with Feridun AG, a production company and rights trader. Producer Ray McCormack subsequently joined the merged company in 2005.

Staff



* Basil Gelpke – download CV [PDF], NZZ Authors link

* Melinda Gelpke



We work with some of the best freelance people in the industry and we have strong links with production companies in a variety of countries.