Jan_Schütte

Jan Schütte

Jan Schütte

German film director

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]

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

Filmography

References

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