Jan Schomburg

Jan Schomburg (born February 23, 1976 in Aachen ) is a German film director , screenwriter and writer .

Live and act

Jan Schomburg studied visual communication at the Kunsthochschule Kassel and audiovisual media at the Kunsthochschule für Medien Cologne from 1996 to 2001 . In 2007 Schomburg graduated from the script workshop in Munich , and in 2008 he received a scholarship from the Warsaw “ Andrzej Wajda Master School of Directing”.

His debut film Über uns das All was premiered in February 2011 at the 61st International Film Festival in Berlin in the “Panorama Special” section. Schomburg's second feature film Vergiss mein Ich celebrated its world premiere in the competition of the 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam .

He wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Stefan Zweig's last years, Vor der Morgenröte (2016), together with Maria Schrader .

In 2017 his debut novel Das Licht und die Geräusche was published by dtv .

Filmography (selection)

• 1999: Winter verse ( compilation film ), (director)
• 2001: Turnverein (short film), (director, screenplay)
• 2004: Never be solo (short film), (director, screenplay)
• 2005: Esther (short film), (director, screenplay)
• 2007: Inner Values ​​( TV film ), (Director, Screenplay)
• 2011: Über uns das All , (director, screenplay)
• 2014: Forget Me , (Director, Screenplay)
• 2015: A Murder with a View (Director)
• 2016: Before Dawn (screenplay; together with Maria Schrader )
• 2020: The Divine Other (Director, Screenplay)

Book publications

• 2017: The light and the sounds . Roman ( dtv ) ISBN 978-3-423-28108-9 .

Prizes and awards

• 1999: Hessian film award for winter saying
• 2004: Hessian Film Award for Never Be Solo
• 2004: Best German production at the Munich International Festival of Film Schools for Never Be Solo
• 2004: Audience award at the Lünen Kinofest for Never Be Solo
• 2011: Prix ​​Europa Cinemas at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival for Über uns das All
• 2011: Main prize The Flying Ox at the Filmkunstfest Schwerin for About Us The Space
• 2011: Special award from the jury, screenplay award at the Festival of German Films in Ludwigshafen for Über uns das All
• 2012: German Film Award - nomination in the category Best Screenplay - unfilmed for Vergiss mein Ich
• 2014: Nomination for the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam for Forget Me
• 2014: Film art award for Vergiss mein Ich at the Festival of German Films
• 2016: Nomination for the Grimme Prize in the entertainment category for the television film A Murder with a View

Web links

• January Schomburg in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See website Fischer-Theaterverlag
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