Thomas Jacob (director)
Thomas Jacob (* 1943 in Dresden ) is a German film director and screenwriter .
Life
Thomas Jacob grew up in Glietz as the son of the decorator Hermann-Walter Jacob. At the age of six he began playing puppet shows for children of different ages with a puppet stage that his father gave him as a present. When the attempt to take acting classes failed, he trained as an electrician . He had his first small appearances in 1965 at the Komische Oper in Berlin. But his career only got better after studying directing at the Potsdam Film Academy. He shot his first film Polizeiruf 110: The bill doesn’t work with Rolf Hoppe and Traudl Kulikowsky .
Filmography (selection)
- 1975–: Polizeiruf 110 (TV series)
- It doesn't work out (1976)
- Reclaimed Roses (1976)
- Including Risk (1984)
- Don't Let Me Down (1985)
- A Great Talent (1986)
- No Day Is Like Another (1986)
- Explosion (1987)
- The Crossword Case (1988)
- Stolen Happiness (1989)
- Deadly Dreams (1990)
- The Duel (1990)
- The Greenhouse (1991)
- With the Call Comes Death (1991)
- and you're dead (1993)
- Brother Funny (1995)
- The Slim Death (1996)
- The wrong Sonja (1997)
- Dead Sure (1998)
- A Picture of a Murderer (2004)
- 1976–1989: The public prosecutor has the floor
- Passing Through (1976)
- Himmelblau or Hans im Glück (1987)
- Desired Child (1989)
- 1981: Jockei Monika (TV series, nine episodes)
- 1983: Clear the stage! (TV series, seven episodes)
- 1993–1995: Der Bergdoktor (TV series)
- 1994: Robert Must Not Die (TV)
- 1996–2000: Men are wonderful (TV series)
- 1998–2007: Stubbe - Case by Case (TV series, nine episodes)
- Innocent Angel (2001)
- Deadly Way to School (2003)
- Sacrifice in the Twilight (2003)
- Dirty Shops (2007)
- 2001–2003: The Rescue Aviators (TV series)
- 2003: Desired children and other coincidences (TV comedy)
- 2005: happiness half way up the stairs
- 2006: The woman in the red dress
- 2006: My Daughters Wedding (TV)
- 2008: Mom's Honeymoon (TV)
- 2010: The hut landlady (TV)
Web links
- Thomas Jacob in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filmmaker fights against environmental sins. lr-online.de, January 8, 2013
- ↑ Peter Becker: The man behind the camera. Thomas Jacob from Glietz has made a name for himself as a director. ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2014 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. lr-online.de, February 13, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacob, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |