Private company

UFA

German film company

UFA GmbH, shortened to UFA (German: [ˈuːfa] ), is a film and television production company that unites all production activities of the media conglomerate Bertelsmann in Germany. The original UFA was established as Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft on 18 December 1917, as a direct response to foreign competition in film and propaganda.² From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Dec 18, 1917Founded¹

Industrycreative industries, film industry¹
HeadquartersPotsdam¹
Founded inBerlin¹
Websitewww.ufa.de
Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung¹

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Leadership

Who has led UFA, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

Joachim Kosack2018–now

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Chief executive officerJoachim Kosack Sep 2018 to now¹

Board members and other officers (1)

Board memberAlfred Hugenberg 1927 to 1933¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

RTL Group

Subsidiaries

Tobis Film
UFA Fiction
UFA Lab
UFA Serial Drama
UFA Show & Factual

Also owns

Kosmos

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

Sep 2018New chief executive Joachim Kosack becomes CEO¹
Dec 18, 1917Founded Founded in Berlin¹

Sources

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1
WikidataUFA on Wikidata
2
WikipediaUFA on Wikipedia