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Jens Schanze
German film director · Germany · On the map · Directors · Born 1971 · age 55
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Jens Schanze was born in Bonn in 1971. In 1987, he spent a year living in the USA. In 1990, he embarked on a degree in Forestry at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and, in 1992, began working in television as an assistant director.
Jens Schanze is read about 2 times a day, in 2 languages.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Materia PrimaFilm, Director2020Proud of YouFilm, Director2015
La Buena Vida - The Good LifeFilm, Director, Writer2010
Plug & PrayFilm, Director2007
Otzenrath 3° colderFilm, Director, Writer2005WinterkinderFilm, Director, Writer2001
Waste LandFilm, Director1999Das kleine KaufhausFilm, Director1989Blauer PantherSeries1979Bavarian Film AwardsSeries1971BornFilmography 8
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About this person
In 1994, Schanze spent a year in Bolivia working on a project for Conservation International before he began his studies at the University of Television and Film in Munich in 1995. Through the production company Mascha Film, which he co-founded with Judith Malek-Mahdavi in 2002, he has directed numerous prizewinning documentaries including WINTERKINDER (2005) and PLUG & PRAY (2010). In 2014, he became a Professor of Film and Video Design.
