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Client: BMW AG München/BMW M GmbH München
Agency: Serviceplan Hamburg
Car: BMW "The M8" Coupé Competition, BMW "The M8" Convertible Competition
Executive Creative Director: Jan Grothklags (Serviceplan Hamburg)
Production: SONDA Productions
Executive Producer: Werner Dursteler (SONDA Productions)
Producion Manager: Enrico Pillay (SONDA Productions)
Production Assistant: Maite Weinhold (SONDA Productions)
Producer Germany: Paula Petersen (&paula)
Casting: Paula Petersen (&paula) & J. Konrad Schmidt
Location Manager: Manel Gaspar
Model: Rüdiger Schmidt (Modelwerk)
Styling: Hendrik Schaulin (Liganord Hamburg)
Hair/MakeUp/Grooming: Alex Merk (CloseUp Agency Hamburg)
Digital Operator & 1st Assistant: Mijoe Cvijetic
2nd Assistant: Edu Acaso
Accounting: Paula Petersen (&paula)
CGI-Architect: C. Martin Schmidt
Location-Scouting: Manel Gaspar
PostOperator on Set: Peter Dabrowski (Zerone Hamburg)
PostProduction: Peter Dabrowski, Alex Pundt, Olaf Scheer, Max Seilkopf, Tom Cordes, Ole Fedders, Osama Al-Quader, Kai Schubert, Katrin Ehrich (Zerone Hamburg)
PostManagement: Antje Lindenberg, Zarah Herlein (Zerone Hamburg)
Milkeyway Photography: J. Konrad Schmidt
Milkeyway Navigator: Lucie Zoe Lazarus (LZRS.de)
Car Technician: Gregor Mandrella
Security: Fedor Bockaj
Security Assistant: Matt Pinder, Guido Meroi Bianconi, Airam González Curbelo
Car Transport: Alexandr "Sascha" Wasem
Drivers: Diego Valladolid
Water Truck: Artemio "Aqua Man" Callero
Rent-Partner Digital: prolightrent Hamburg
Rental Partner Light/Grip: Light Rental Canarias
Location: Canary Islands