Georg Tschurtschenthaler is one of the most prominent media professionals in the non-fiction sector in the German-speaking territories. He has been awarded the German Television Award and twice the Grimme Award for his work and has also been nominated for an Emmy® Award and an International Emmy® Award. As a producer, writer, and director, he has played a key role in shaping the content of beetz brothers film production in recent years. In addition to award-winning documentaries such as THE CLEANERS (Grimme Award), ETERNAL YOU (Bavarian Film Award) and DANGEROUSLY CLOSE (Blauer Panther – TV & Streaming Award), he has made a name for himself in recent years as a showrunner in the high-end series sector. These include the first Netflix original documentary A PERFECT CRIME, REEPERBAHN SPECIAL UNIT 65 (ARD), JUAN CARLOS: DOWNFALL OF THE KING (Sky Original), CRIME SCENE BERLIN: NIGHTLIFE KILLER (Netflix Original), MAFIA HUNTERS (ARD), and the Amazon Prime Video series GERMAN COCAINE COWBOY, which won the German Television Award in 2025.