Jan-Ole Gerster
Jan-Ole Gerster (* 1978 in Hagen ) is a German film director and screenwriter .
Live and act
Jan-Ole Gerster was born in 1978 in Hagen, Westphalia. After his community service , during which he trained as a paramedic , he moved to Berlin in 2000 and did an internship at the production company X Films . He had called there forty times before they finally invited him for an interview. After half a year of internship, he was Wolfgang Becker's personal assistant on his successful film Good Bye, Lenin! involved.
At the end of 2003 Jan-Ole Gerster began studying directing and screenwriting at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin . During his studies he made several short films and, together with Wolfgang Becker, wrote the screenplay for the Omnibus film Deutschland 09 for its episode Krankes Haus .
In 2010 Jan-Ole Gerster began working on his graduation film, the tragic comedy Oh Boy with Tom Schilling in the lead role. In July 2012, the multi-award-winning work celebrated its premiere at the Munich Film Festival . There Jan-Ole Gerster also won the New German Cinema Award for the best screenplay. Accompanied by numerous very positive reviews, the film was released in German cinemas on November 1, 2012, where it reached more than 300,000 viewers. At the 2013 German Film Awards , Oh Boy won six awards, including those for best feature film, best screenplay and best director.
In 2014 he received a practical scholarship at the Deutsche Akademie Rome Villa Massimo .
Gerster lives with his partner Friederike Kempter in Berlin . In the summer of 2018, the two had a child together.
Filmography (selection)
- 2004: The pain goes, the film stays (documentary) (director)
- 2006: A Friend of Mine (Actor)
- 2012: Oh Boy (Director and Screenplay)
- 2019: Lara (Director)
Awards (selection)
For Oh Boy:
- 2012: New German Cinema Award in the Screenplay category at the Munich Film Festival
- 2012: German Independence Award - Best German Film and Audience Award at the Oldenburg International Film Festival
- 2012: Award for the best director at the Bratislava International Film Festival
- 2012: Bavarian Film Prize in the screenplay category
- 2012: German Film Critics' Prize in the Best Feature Film Debut category
- 2013: Focusfox Grand Prix Award for the best international debut or second film at the Sofia International Film Festival
- 2013: Austrian film and television award Romy in the category Best Book Cinema
- 2013: New Faces Award in the Best Debut Film category
- 2013: German Film Award in the categories of Best Director and Best Screenplay
For Lara:
- 2019: New German Cinema Award in the Direction category at the Munich Film Festival
- 2019: FIPRESCI Prize at the Munich Film Festival
- 2019: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Special Jury Prize and Ecumenical Jury Prize
Web links
- Jan Ole Gerster in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jan-Ole Gerster at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Coffee grounds and tipping cups - Jan-Ole Gerster and his film "Oh Boy". In: Der Tagesspiegel. October 30, 2012, accessed November 3, 2012 .
- ↑ Villa Massimo | Jan-Ole Gerster. Retrieved August 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Friederike Kempter - Star portrait, news, pictures. October 2, 2019, accessed December 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Friederike Kempter private: Nadeshda Krusenstern owes this man from the "Tatort" mother joys. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Friederike Kempter: actress, mother and activist. Retrieved June 16, 2020 .
- ^ Prize of the German Film Critics 2012 , accessed on February 14, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerster, Jan-Ole |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hagen |