Jan Schütte

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Jan Schütte (born June 26, 1957 in Mannheim ) is a German film director .

Life

Jan Schütte studied literature , philosophy and art history at the universities of Tübingen , Zurich and Hamburg and began his career as a filmmaker with documentaries. He made his first, multi-award-winning feature film Drachenfutter in 1987.

Schütte's feature films had their premieres at the festivals in Venice ( Drachenfutter , Winckelmanns Reisen , Old Love ), Cannes ( Goodbye America and Farewell. Brecht's last summer ), Locarno ( Fette Welt ) and San Sebastian ( SuperTex ).

Together with Peter Sehr , Schütte founded the German branch of the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris post-graduate program of the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy and La Fémis Paris , which he headed with Sehr until autumn 2010. From 2010 to 2014 he was director of the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). During this time, successful films such as Oh Boy by Jan-Ole Gerster , The Strange Kitten by Ramon Zürcher, The Samurai , Come and Play by Daria Belova and The Letter by Dorotey Drumewa were made. Under his leadership, the DFFB developed close cooperation with internationally renowned universities such as Columbia University in New York , CalArts in Los Angeles , the London International Film School , La Fémis in Paris and FAMU in Prague .

From 2014 to 2017 Jan Schütte was Dean of the Conservatory of the American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles. In August 2016, representatives of the AFI faculty called for Schüttes to be dismissed because he had lost the trust and support of the employees. Several teachers had previously submitted their resignation because of Schütte's leadership style and teaching methods.

Schütte is a member of the Academy of the Arts in Berlin and the European Film Academy and the German Film Academy .

He lives with his wife Christina Countess Szápáry, the former head of protocol at the Berlinale , in Los Angeles and Berlin.

Awards

Jan Schütte was Artist in Residence at Dartmouth College in 2000 and 2008 and Visiting Professor at Harvard University in 2005/06 and 2009/10 .

He has been awarded the German Critics' Prize , the Adolf Grimme Prize and the German Film Prize, among others . His work has also received international recognition, including the Prix Francois Truffaut, the Premio Cinecritica Italia and the Prix Unesco.

Filmography

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gene Maddaus: AFI Faculty Calls for Firing of Dean Jan Schuette . In: Variety of 23 August 2016
  2. ↑ Hanns-Georg Rodek: Always trouble with this German. In: Welt.de. September 8, 2016, accessed February 9, 2017 .
  3. ^ Gene Maddaus: AFI Faculty Votes 'No Confidence' in Dean as Some Resign in Protest . In: Variety of August 22, 2016
  4. ^ "The Berlinale Diplomat" , Tagesspiegel from February 9, 2009, accessed on November 13, 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Schütte, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film director
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim