Jakob Schäuffelen (born 19 September 1967) is a German

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Career

After studying at the Filmacademy Vienna and the Hamburg Media School he worked as an Assistant Director with several directors including

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and Jörg Grünler. In 1997 he made his directorial debut with an episode of the German TV series ''

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''. After that he directed a variety of TV movies and TV series for the German broadcast companies

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and

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. ''

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'', for which he cast the lead actors, influenced the style and directed the pilot and the first 2 episodes, won the Deutscher Fernsehpreis as best TV series among other awards. In 2004 Schäuffelen directed his first feature film ', starring Felicitas Woll. His TV series '' Kanzleramt'', which was somewhat similar to the NBC hit series ''

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'', depicted life and work of a German chancellor, slightly resembling the then acting chancellor

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. Although highly acclaimed by German critics, the political drama series was brutally ignored by German TV viewers. Therefore the assumption came up that the German audience might not be as much in favor of their political leaders as the American public. He was luckier with his subsequent TV series '' Donna Roma'' (in 4 episodes) and three romantic comedies for

. Thereafter he made his first documentary (''Full Contact – A Way Of Living'') about four friendly and educated people and their passion for

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. Jakob Schäuffelen is a member of the Directors Guild of Germany.Regie (BVR)
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Filmography

* 1997: ''

'' * 1998: ''

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'' (3 episodes) * 2000: ''

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'' (2 episodes) * 2000: ' * 2000: ''Nur mein Sohn war Zeuge'' * 2001: ''

'' (3 episodes) * 2002: ''Kein Mann für eine Nummer'' * 2003: ' * 2004: '' Kanzleramt'' (4 episodes) * 2006: ''Die Liebesflüsterin'' * 2006: '' Donna Roma'' (4 episodes) * 2008: ''Liebesgruß an einen Engel'' * 2008: '' Dr. Molly & Karl'' (3 episodes) * 2010: ''

Anna und die Liebe Anna und die Liebe (''Anna and (the) Love'') is the eleventh Telenovela made in Germany. It has aired since 25 August 2008 on German channel Sat.1 and Austrian Channel ORF 1. Summary In its first season, Anna Polauke is extremely shy. In fron ...

'' (10 episodes) * 2011: ''Full Contact – A Way Of Living'' * 2012: '' Heiter bis tödlich – Alles Klara'' (8 episodes)

External links

*
Official Website

Notes and references

1967 births Living people Mass media people from Munich {{Germany-film-bio-stub