Uwe Janson (born 6 November 1959,

Königswinter Königswinter (; ; Low Franconian: ) is a town and summer resort in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Königswinter is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, opposite Bad Godesberg, at the foot of the ...

) is a German screenwriter, director and producer. He has worked in Germany and the United Kingdom, including ''

Business with Friends '' Business with Friends'' was a 1992 British television drama, directed by Uwe Janson and written by David Spencer. Its cast included Adie Allen and Christopher Eccleston. Cast * Christopher Eccleston as Angel Morris * Adie Allen as Coral ...

'' for the

British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...

and the

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(1991) and the British-German co-production ''

The Sinking of the Laconia ''The Sinking of the Laconia'' is a two-part television film, first aired on 6 and 7 January 2011 on BBC Two, about the Laconia incident; the sinking of the British ocean liner RMS ''Laconia'' during World War II by a German U-boat, which then, ...

'' (2010; UK premiere 2011).

Selected filmography

Films * ''Verfolgte Wege'' (1989) * ''Heart in the Hand'' (1991) * ' (2002) * ''On the Inside'' (2011) * ' (2014) TV films * ''

'' (1992, short) * ''Gefährliche Verbindung'' (1993) * '' Lauras Entscheidung'' (1994) * ''Nur der Sieg zählt'' (1995) * ''Rhapsody in Blood'' (1998) * ''Holstein Lovers'' (1999) * ' (2000) * ''Babykram ist Männersache'' (2001) * ' (2002) * ' (2003) * ' (2004, based on ''

Baal Baal (), or Baʻal, was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or 'lord Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power (social and political), power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The ...

'') * ''Lulu'' (2006, based on '' Earth Spirit'' and ''

Pandora's Box Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem ''Works and Days''. Hesiod related that curiosity led her to open a container left in the care of her husband, thus releasing curses ...

'') * ' (2006, based on ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five-Act (drama), act play in verse written in 1867 by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. It is one of Ibsen's best known and most widely performed plays. ''Peer Gynt'' chronicles the journey of its title character fr ...

'') * ''Werther'' (2008, based on ''

The Sorrows of Young Werther ''The Sorrows of Young Werther'' (; ), or simply ''Werther'', is a 1774 epistolary novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, which appeared as a revised edition in 1787. It was one of the main novels in the ''Sturm und Drang'' ...

'') * ' (2009) * ''

'' (2010) * ''Aschenputtel'' (2011, based on ''

Cinderella "Cinderella", or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a Folklore, folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world.Dundes, Alan. Cinderella, a Casebook. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. The protagonist is a you ...

'') * ''Die Schuld der Erben'' (2012) * ''Hänsel und Gretel'' (2012, based on ''

Hansel and Gretel "Hansel and Gretel" (; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15). Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch ...

'') * ' (2013) * ''Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern'' (2013, based on ''

The Little Match Girl "The Little Match Girl" (, meaning "The little girl with the matchsticks") is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story, about a dying child's dreams and hope, was first published in 1845. It has been ...

'') * ''Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt'' (2014, based on ''

How Six Made Their Way in the World "How Six Made Their Way in the World" (, KHM 71) is a Grimms' fairy tale about an ex-soldier and his five companions with special abilities who through their feats obtain all of the king's wealth. It is classed as ATU type 513 A, or the "Six Go ...

'') * ' (2014) * ''Die Udo Honig Story'' (2015) * ' (2017, about

Martin Luther Martin Luther ( ; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, Theology, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Reformation, Pr ...

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