Jan-Ole Gerster Explained

Birth Name:	Jan-Ole Gerster
Occupation:	Filmmaker, screenwriter, producer
Years Active:	2004–present

Jan-Ole Gerster (born 1978 in Hagen) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Life

Gerster works as a film director and screenwriter in Germany.^[1]

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 (director and screenwriter)
2019: Lara (director)
TBA: Islands (director and screenwriter)^[2]

Awards

2013: Deutscher Filmpreis
2013: Romy
2013: New Faces Award
2019: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
2019: Les Arcs Film Festival
2019: Filmfest München

References

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/jan-ole-gerster-und-sein-film-oh-boy-kaffeesatz-und-kippenbecher/7318098.html Tagesspiegel.de:Kaffeesatz und Kippenbecher (German)
Web site: German Production & Sales Outfit Augenschein Sells Minority Stake To Erfttal Film As Company Ramps Up Slate. Deadline Hollywood. 25 April 2024. Andreas. Wiseman. February 15, 2024.

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.