About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1971-01-01
Place of birth:
Bonn, Germany
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Jens Schanze

Overview

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. 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.

Known for

Directing
2020 Proud of You Directing Director N/A
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2015 La Buena Vida - The Good Life Directing Director 59
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2010 Plug & Pray Directing Director 59
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2007 Otzenrath 3° kälter Directing Director N/A
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2005 Winterkinder Directing Director N/A
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2001 Waste Land Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2015 La Buena Vida - The Good Life Writing Writer 59
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2007 Otzenrath 3° kälter Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2023 Got You Production Supervising Producer N/A
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2015 La Buena Vida - The Good Life Production Executive Producer 59
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2015 La Buena Vida - The Good Life Production Producer 59
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Editing
2015 La Buena Vida - The Good Life Editing Assistant Editor 59
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