Company profile

Elke Brand und Petra Hermanns represent script writers and novelists since 1999 being located in Frankfurt and Hamburg.

Scripts for sale is also one of Germany's leading agencies selling adaptation rights for German publishers and international authors.

We represent the film rights of the German publishers Beltz & Gelberg, Berlin Verlag, Eichborn Verlag, Schöffling Verlag and of the Ullstein publishing group.

2005 we started to work with international agencies in order to sell the German tv rights of their authors. Our international partners are the Bonnier Group Agency, Norstedts Agency, Loud Agency, Julian Friedmann, AP Watts, Dinah Wiener and the Rod Hall Agency (selection).

In December 2007 the first example of our efforts has been on screen: the adaptation of Mari Jungstedts (Sweden) novels "Den du inte ser" and "In denna stilla natt", both produced by Network Movie, Hamburg for the German broadcaster ZDF.

If you are an international agency controlling film or tv rights and you are interested in offering your rights within the German speaking countries please contact Elke Brand.

Selling adaptation rights

Interview with Petra Hermanns about the selling of adaptation rights in Germany with the newsletter of the Frankfurt Book Fair.

The team

Elke Brand has worked for many years as a film story editor and creative production specialist. Numerous film production companies have been privy to her expertise. She has been working as a script consultant since 1997 and is the director of the Hamburg office where she oversees film project development and script consulting.

Petra Hermanns has been working in publishing rights and literary trade since 1996. Using her background as a literary agent and former head of American import for a major publishing house, she manages the Frankfurt office and is the Financial Manager of scripts for sale.