About Us

Spielkind is a talent management company representing European actors, directors and scriptwriters.
The company was founded in Berlin (Germany) in 2005.

Spielkind is founding member of European Talent Network | ETN as well as member of the German talent agencies association Verband der Agenturen | VdA.

In September 2017 Spielkind and Anja Joos Management merged.

Our Team

Mattias Frik

(managing director) got his first job in the film industry right after finishing school by applying with a super8 film which he directed at the age of 17. After gaining knowledge in several editing-, camera- and production departments he co-founded a production company in Munich. In 2000 he opened up a boutique talent agency which turned into Spielkind in 2005.

Anja Joos

(managing director) studied art history and romance philology and received her masters degree in European audiovisual management (Media Business School, Ronda/Spain). After working in different fields within the film industry, she founded Anja Joos Management in 2009.

Wolfgang Fritsch

(managing director) got established as a talent manager in the early 1990s. He is co-founder of Spielkind and in charge of legal and business affairs as well as administration.

Heike Mauch

(project coordination and acquisition) has her professional roots in theatre. After travelling the world with various stage productions she got into the talent management business and joined our team in 2010.

Jessica Mader

(project coordination) studied International Business Management and East Asian Studies in Berlin, Seoul and Vienna. After several years in Beijing, where she was employed in East Asian cultural tourism, she worked in TV and film productions in Germany.

Katharina Nay

(legal coordination) studied Theatre studies and Art History. Alongside her Masters in Dramaturgy, she worked at An Dorthe Braker and Wiedemann & Berg in München before she started working as Drama Advisor in Theatre. She joined Spielkind in Autumn 2019.

Jo Ashton-Jones

(online activities) studied Film Directing at the dffb and audiovisual management (MBS Ronda/Spain). She has worked in various capacities in the international film industry including at ICM London, Road Movies GmbH and the at Berlinale Talent Campus.

Corinne Orlowski

(showreel production) is part of the Spielkind-Team since 2009. Corinne is in charge of showreel production.

Sonja Hüfner

(bookkeeping and accounting) parallel to her work as a translator, Sonja gained extensive experience as an office assistant before becoming a self-employed accountant in 2008. In this function she worked for many years for various companies and private individuals before she joined Spielkind in February 2020.