Jan Bonny
Jan Bonny (* 1979 in Düsseldorf ) is a German film director and screenwriter .
Live and act
Jan Bonny studied from 2000 to 2006 at the Art Academy for Media Cologne and graduated with the script for his feature film Gegenüber , which was shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and at the Berlinale in 2008 . In 2009 Bonny took part in the Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam and the Torino Filmlab in Turin .
Bonny has also shot numerous commercials with agencies such as DDB Worldwide , Droga5 , Jung von Matt , Heimat , Ogilvy & Mather and Saatchi & Saatchi . Initially, the commercials were created in collaboration with Sonja Heiss under the directing pseudonym Sonny & Bonny . Later Bonny also took over the direction of television films such as Ich, Ringo and the gate to the world , Polizeiruf 110 - Death makes angels out of us all and About Barbarossaplatz .
Together with Alex Wissel he worked on the long-term performance film Single , which celebrated its world premiere on November 20, 2015 at the film festival We Are a Parasite on the Institution of Cinema, at the Institution of Parasites in MUMOK in Vienna . Another joint work with Alex Wissel is the Rheingold project . Your films were u. a. shown in the Haus der Kunst , the Julia Stoschek Collection, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen and in the Brussels SuperDeals .
Bonny's film Winter Tales celebrated its world premiere in 2018 in the international competition of the Locarno Film Festival .
Filmography (selection)
- 2004: 2nd and A ( short film ), (screenplay and director)
- 2006: Our Reigen ( docudrama ), (screenplay)
- 2007: Opposite (screenplay and direction)
- 2009: Wanna Be (short film), (screenplay with Christina Ebelt )
- 2010: Me, Ringo and the gateway to the world (TV film), (screenplay and direction with Oliver Schwabe )
- 2013: Polizeiruf 110: Death makes angels out of us all ( TV series ), (director)
- 2015: Olli Schulz - Boogiemann ( music video ), (screenplay and direction)
- 2015: Single ( documentary and experimental film ), (direction with Alex Wissel )
- 2016: Rheingold (experimental film), (screenplay with Alex Wissel and Jens Schillmöller ), (director)
- 2016: About Barbarossaplatz (TV movie), (Director)
- 2017: Tatort : Borowski and the Festival of the North (TV series), (Director)
- 2018: Polizeiruf 110: Das Gespenst der Freiheit (TV series), (Director)
- 2018: Winter's Tale (screenplay and direction)
- 2019: We would be different people
- 2020: Tatort: I cried in a dream
Awards (selection)
- 2003: Nomination for the First Steps Award for Hirsch in the advertising spot category
- 2007: Nomination for the European Film Award in the category Best Newcomer Film for Gegenüber
- 2007: Nomination for the First Steps Award for Gegenüber in the full-length feature film category
- 2007: Nomination for the Caméra d'Or film award in the category Best Debut Film for Opposite at the Cannes International Film Festival
- 2007: Honorable Mention by the CICAE Jury Cannes for Compared at the Cannes International Film Festival
- 2007: Winner of the German Film Award in the Script for Opposite category at the Munich Film Festival
- 2007: Special mention by the jury at the Münster Film Festival for Gegenüber
- 2008: Nomination for the New Faces Award in the category Best Debut Film for Gegenüber
- 2014: Nomination for the Grimme Prize in the Fiction / Individual Programs category for Polizeiruf 110: Death makes angels out of us all
- 2014: Winner of the Jürgen Roland Prize for Polizeiruf 110: Death makes angels out of us all
- 2016: Winner of the MuVi Online Audience Award at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival for the music video for the song Boogiemann by Oli Schulz
- 2017: Nomination for the 3sat audience award at the Baden-Baden TV film festival for Über Barbarossaplatz
- 2018: Nomination for the Grimme Prize in the fiction category for Tatort - Borowski and the Festival of the North
- 2018: Winner of the Filmpreis NRW for the best feature film at the Film Festival Cologne for winter fairy tales
- 2018: Nomination for the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for Winter Tales
- 2018: Nomination in the category New Directors Competition at the São Paulo International Film Festival for Winter Tales
Web links
- Jan Bonny in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- Conversation with Jan Bonny on SWR2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of the Binger Filmlab ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Official website of the Turin Film Labs
- ↑ Brief information about long-term performance film Single on the official website of the Temporary Gallery - Center for Contemporary Art ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed on April 19, 2019.
- ↑ Information about the film festival We Are a Parasite on the Institution of Cinema, an Institution of Parasites on the website of the Vienna Museum MUMOK
- ↑ Entry on opposite on the website of german films
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bonny, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |