Jan-Ole Gerster (born 1978 in

Hagen Hagen () is a city in the States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the southeastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne and Volme meet the Ruhr (river), Ruhr. In 2023, the ...

) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Life

Gerster works as a

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and

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in Germany. 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: ''

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'' (director) * 2025: ''

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'' (director and screenwriter)

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 Cinema of Germany, German film industry. Besides being ...

* 2013: Romy * 2013: New Faces Award * 2019:

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (, KVIFF) is an annual film festival held in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Eur ...

* 2019:

Les Arcs Film Festival Les Arcs Film Festival is an annual European film festival held every December in Les Arcs in the French Alps. Profile Les Arcs was co-founded in 2009 by Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin (CEO), Guillaume Calop (general manager), and Jérémy Zelnik ...

* 2019:

Filmfest München The Munich International Film Festival () 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 or early July. It presents fe ...

External links

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 {{Germany-film-director-stub