The media veteran launched KKR-backed Leonine four years ago. It is now Germany's largest mini-major.
Since then, with backing from private equity group KKR fueling an acquisitions and expansion spree, Kogel has built up Leonine into one of Europe’s leading independent producer-distributors with an operation that covers all aspects of film and TV production and distribution.
The group’s subsidiaries include The Lives of Others producers Wiedemann & Berg , Odeon Fiction, and documentary specialists Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion. On the film side, Leonine handled German distribution for such hits as Rian Johnson’s Knives Out and the John Wick franchise and will be rolling out the hotly-anticipated prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in the territory in November.
Zurich Film Festival’s artistic director Christian Jungen praised Kogel for building Leonine “from the ground up” into a “new entertainment company for the digital age that brings together the most exciting artists and successful producers, allowing them to focus on their core strengths while the studio takes care of services such as HR, marketing and sales.
Kogel, saying he was delighted with the honor, saying he shared the Game Changer Award with all of Leonine’s employees, calling it “both a confirmation of our passion for storytelling and our energy [and also] an incentive for us to continue to push the boundaries and shape the industry.” Previous Game Changer Award winners include MGM’s Motion Picture Group President Pamela Abdy, former Lionsgate head Patrick Wachsberger and Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker and Tom Bernard.
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