Jan Schütte

German film director

Jan Schütte
Born (1957-06-26) 26 June 1957 (age 66)
Mannheim, West Germany
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1982–present

Jan Schütte (born 26 June 1957) is a German film director and screenwriter. He has directed twelve films since 1982. His film The Farewell was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[1] After graduating from high school, he studied literature, philosophy and art history in Tübingen, Zurich and Hamburg.[2] From 1979 he worked as a television reporter for regional TV programs.[2] His first feature film Dragon Chow [de] premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 1987. Schütte was director of the German Film and Television Academy and is the director of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.[3]

Schütte lives with his wife Christina Szápáry in Los Angeles and Berlin.[4][5]

Filmography

  • Ugge Bärtle – Bildhauer (1982, documentary)
  • Dragon Chow [de] (1987) — (screenplay with Thomas Strittmatter [de])
  • Lost in America (1989, documentary)
  • Winckelmann's Travels [de] (1990) — (screenplay with Thomas Strittmatter [de])
  • Nach Patagonien (1991, documentary) — (based on In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin)
  • Bye Bye America [de] (1994) — (screenplay with Thomas Strittmatter [de])
  • Eine Reise in das Innere von Wien (1995, documentary) — (based on a novel by Gerhard Roth)
  • Fat World (1998) — (based on a novel by Helmut Krausser)
  • The Farewell (2000) — (film about Bertolt Brecht's last summer)
  • Old Love (2001, short) — (based on a short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer)
  • SuperTex (2003) — (based on a novel by Leon de Winter)
  • Love Comes Lately (2007) — (based on short stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer)

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Farewell". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Jan Schütte". filmportal.de (in German). 26 June 1957. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. ^ Rodek, Hanns-Georg (9 September 2016). "Kinokarriere: Immer Ärger mit diesem Deutschen". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Vita". Jan Schuette (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Die Berlinale-Diplomatin". Tagesspiegel (in German). 9 February 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

External links

  • Jan Schütte at IMDb
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