Jan Schuette | About Jan Schuette | Review Jan Schuette | Film Director
Jan Schuette was born in 1957. He studied Literature, Philosophy and Art History. Whilst working in television he also shot a series of short documentaries. His feature film debut, DRACHENFUTTER ( DRAGON CHOW ), had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 1987. His films have screened at many international festivals, such as Venice, Cannes, Locarno, San Sebastian and Toronto, winning numerous national and international awards. In 1994 he began to teach directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Jan Schuette taught at Dartmouth College as Visiting Professor in 2000 and 2008, and at Harvard University in Cambridge in 2005 and 2009. In 2001, in conjunction with Peter Sehr, he founded the postgraduate programme ATELIER LUDWIGSBURG-PARIS , which he directed until 2010. In 2010 Jan Schuette was appointed Director of the DEUTSCHE FILM- UND FERNSEHAKADEMIE BERLIN ( GERMAN FILM AND TELEVISION ACADEMY BERLIN ). Under his leaders...