Jan Schmidt-Garre

Jan Schmidt- Garre ( born June 18, 1962 in Munich) is a German director and producer.

Biography

Jan Schmidt- Garre studied from 1982 to 1986 Philosophy at the School of Philosophy of the Jesuits in Munich ( MA with a semiotic work to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen ) and from 1984 to 1988 directing at the University of Television and Film in Munich, feature film department.

During school and his studies he worked as an assistant director and volunteer at the directors Rudolf Noelte, David Esrig, Joachim Herz and Harry Kupfer ( at the Salzburg Festival, the Bayreuth Festival, at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, and at the Dresden State Opera ).

The conductor Sergiu Celibidache, he studied conducting and music theory in public courses and private lessons in Mainz, Munich and Paris.

In 1988, Schmidt- Garre founded the production company Pars Media, the topics of music and art acquired with documentary and feature films international reputation and has been awarded many prizes, among others with a nomination for the German Film Award and Grand Prize at the Film Festival of Chicago, Paris, Monte Carlo, Ohio, Munich and Prague. The films have been broadcast in over thirty countries, they have been shown in cinemas and released on Laserdisc, VHS and DVD. 2011 Schmidt- Garre staged Massenet's Manon at the Theater St. Gallen.

Schmidt- Garre is a member of the German Film Academy, and is a regular lecturer for directing and aesthetics (including at the HFF in Munich and at the Athanor Academy for Theatre, Film, TV in Burghausen). He is married to the art dealer Philomene Magers. They have two children and live in Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

  • Aida's Brothers & Sisters, music film, 1999, 90 minutes
  • Belcanto - The Tenors of shellac time series of Portrait of a Singer, 1996, 390 minutes. Prizes at the Columbus International Film Festival and " Classique en images "
  • Bruckner's decision, Feature Film, 1995, 80 minutes
  • Celibidache - You do not want anything, it is allowed to occur, Documentary, 1992, 100 minutes. Nominated for the German Film Award, Midem Classical Award, Silver Medal at the Chicago International Film Festival
  • The breathing God - Journey to the origin of modern yoga, Documentary, 2012
  • The Bound, dance movie with Saburo Teshigawara, based on a story by Ilse Aichinger, 2002, 45 minutes
  • Furtwängler's Love, film essay, 2004, 70 minutes. Prize at the " Golden Prague "
  • Legato - The World of the Piano, Pianist series of portraits and concerts, 2006-08, so far 720 minutes
  • Long Shot Close Up - Andreas Gursky, artist portrait, 2010, 60 Minutes
  • Measure - color - light, artist portrait, 1992, 45 minutes
  • No More Wunderkind - Sergei Nakariakov, music film, 2004, 60 Minutes
  • Opera Fanatic, opera road movie, 1998, 90 minutes. Prizes at the International Documentary Film Festival in Munich and at the " Golden Prague " (Czech Crystal)
  • Olafur Eliasson - Notion Motion, artist portrait, 2005
  • Sophia - Biography of a Violin Concerto, Documentary with Sofia Gubaidulina and Anne- Sophie Mutter, 2008, 60 minutes. Nominated for the Prix Italia
  • This not that - The Artist John Baldessari, Artist Portrait, 2005, 90 minutes
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