Jan-Ole Gerster (born 1978 in
Hagen
Hagen () is the 41st-largest city in Germany. The municipality is located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the south eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne and Volme (me ...
) is a German film director and screenwriter.
Life
Gerster works as a
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...
and
screenwriter
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in Germany.
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He was a TorinoFilmLab AdaptLab participant in 2016.
Filmography
* 2004: ''Der Schmerz geht, der Film bleibt'' (documentary film, director)
* 2006: '' A Friend of Mine'' (actor)
* 2012: ''A Coffee in Berlin
''A Coffee in Berlin'', also titled ''Oh Boy'', is a 2012 German tragicomedy film directed by Jan-Ole Gerster. It is in black-and-white. It is the director's debut film, and thesis project for the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin.
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* 2019: ''Lara
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Awards
* 2013: Deutscher Filmpreis
The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany. It is presented at an annual ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the German film industry. Besides being the most important ...
* 2013: Romy
* 2013: New Faces Award
* 2019: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has becom ...
* 2019: Les Arcs Film Festival
* 2019: Filmfest München
The Munich International Film Festival (german: Filmfest München) is the largest summer film festival in Germany and second only in size and importance to the Berlinale. It has been held annually since 1983 and takes place in late-June/ear ...
External links
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References
* Blankenship, Robert and Jill E. Twark. "'Berliner Sonderschule': History, Space, and Humour in Jan Ole Gerster's ''Oh Boy'' (''A Coffee in Berlin''). ''Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies''. 53.4 (November 2017): 362–381.
Film people from North Rhine-Westphalia
1978 births
Living people
People from Hagen
European Film Awards winners (people)
Best Director German Film Award winners
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