Sascha Gröhl is a creator, showrunner and director based in Cologne, where he runs the production company Vitamedia Film. His work brings social issues into mainstream entertainment. “Zum Schwarzwälder Hirsch” (VOX), in which young adults with Down syndrome run a restaurant alongside chef Tim Mälzer, received two Grimme Awards, the German Television Award and the Blauer Panther and was a Rose d’Or nominee in 2023. Its successor “Herbstresidenz” (VOX, 2025), where people with disabilities work as everyday companions in a care home, won the German Television Award and the German Entertainment Award. He is currently developing scripted series under the banner of Social Fiction.
