Jan Mojto

January Mojto ( born May 13, 1948 in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia ) is a Slovak film producer living in Germany and sales agents. In the field of classical music, he runs several niche channels.

Life and career

January Mojto has been an international film producer and rights professionals and operates in the field of classical music numerous international channels. The structure of its group of companies began in 2002 with the founding of EOS ( " Events on Screen "), a production company for event movies with international stars for the world market. Beta Film is one with over 15,000 hours of programming to the largest international distributors outside the U.S., the portfolio of Beta Cinema includes numerous Academy Award-nominated and award-winning films. Kineos is in German license trade actively and has a library of 12,000 titles. In the classical realm Unitel is one of the most important international producers of audiovisual music records with a film library of about 1,100 titles. The television Classica and the high definition station Unitel Classica HD is on several dozen pay platforms worldwide receivable. In addition, Mojtos Beta Film of German and international film and television production companies involved. With the cooperation marvel the children and with the business Autentic the trade of documentaries and the thematic channel business will be expanded in the PayTV. Together with mirror TV channels mirror mirror TV history and knowledge to be operated at Sky.

Until the end of 2001 Mojto was responsible for the program area at Kirch Media. The Slovakian native was a member of the supervisory boards of Mediaset / Italy, Telepiů / Italy Gestevisión Telecinco / Spain, ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG and KirchPayTV and 1994-2002 President of the ACT - Association of Commercial Television in Europe. Before his time at church, he worked as a journalist with a focus on film, theater and literature. Mojto who has mastered eight languages ​​, studied literature and history in Bratislava and Munich, and in addition to the Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires in Fontainebleau ( MBA).

Mojto received the Charlemagne Medal for European media (2003), the Bavarian Television Award ( for " Napoleon ", 2003), the Austrian Television Award Romy ( for " Crown Prince Rudolf", 2006), the Bavarian Order of Merit (2007), the German Film Award and the Bavarian film Award (both for " John Rabe ", 2009), the award Officier de l' Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres and the European Trebbia price for the arts and culture ( both 2011). The Unitel Productions " forest stage concert in Berlin ," " Le Nozze de Figaro " (Salzburg) and "Ring des Nibelungen " (Valencia ) in 2007, 2008 and 2010 won the prestigious Echo Klassik. In 2012 he received the insignia of Chevalier dans l' Ordre de la Légion d' Honneur and the Gold Medal of the city of Cannes, and currently in 2013 the MIPTV Medaille d' Honneur. Mojto a lecturer at the Film Academy Baden- Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg and is committed to the University Council of the Munich Film School.

As a producer and co- producer Mojto responsible for hundreds of hours of programming and works among others, along with actors such as Ben Kingsley, Richard Harris, Gary Oldman, John Malkovich, Isabella Rossellini and Gérard Depardieu as well as with directors such as Ermanno Olmi, Roger Young, Robert Dorn helmet, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Oliver Hirschbiegel and Agnieszka Holland. One of the biggest projects was the 21- part television adaptation of the Bible, which has won numerous Emmy Awards and nominations, and at home and abroad scored record ratings. Recently, co-produced or participated Mojto at some of the most highly regarded German and international cinema and TV productions, including " John Rabe " ( four German Film Awards Bavarian Film Prize 2009) by Oscar winner Florian Gall Berger, Stefan "The Counterfeiters " ( Oscar Best Foreign Language film 2008 ), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's " the Lives of Others " (Oscar Best Foreign Language Film, 2007) and Oliver Hirschbiegel's "Downfall " ( Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language film in 2003 ). In the area of ​​television, these include the four-part series "Napoleon", the most successful with 13 million viewers German mini- series "Dresden", the film version of "War and Peace ", the event series " Borgia " about the Pope Clan of the Renaissance, of the currently the second season is rotated, the teamWorx productions " our mothers, our fathers ", " drum " and "The Tower ", and the film adaptation of the novel " the Physician " by Noah Gordon as an English cinema and television miniseries with Beta Cinema and Ufa Cinema. Beta Film currently distributes HBO's "Burning Bush" of Agenieszka Holland.

In the classical realm Mojto responsible among others for the award-winning Salzburg Festival Cycle " Mozart22 ", the audio-visual recording of " Beethoven9 " with the Vienna Philharmonic and Christian Thielemann and "Der Ring des Nibelungen" from Valencia with Zubin Mehta, directed by La Fura dels Baus. Among the current projects include Unitel " Tutto Verdi", the worldwide unique audio-visual record of all Verdi 's operas on the occasion of the 200th birthday of the master, as well as the latest productions at the Salzburg Festival. Unitel exclusive partner for audiovisual productions, among other things the Vienna Philharmonic and Christian Thielemann.

Filmography

  • 2004: The Fall
  • 2004: Julie - Agent of the King
  • 2006: The Storm Surge
  • 2006: Dresden - The Inferno
  • 2007: Donna Roma
  • 2007: Rosa Roth
  • 2008: Falco - Damn, we're still alive!
  • 2008: The Other Man
  • 2008: La Bohème
  • 2008: God protects the lovers
  • 2009: John Rabe

Awards

  • 2003: Karl medal for European media
  • 2003: Bavarian Television Award ( Napoleon )
  • 2006: Austrian Television Award Romy, Best Producer ( Kronprinz Rudolf)
  • 2007: Bavarian Order of Merit
  • 2011: Officier de l' Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres
  • 2011: European Trebbia price for the arts and cultural promotion
  • 2012: presentation of the insignia of a Chevalier dans l' Ordre de la Légion d' Honneur
  • 2012: Gold Medal of the city of Cannes
  • 2013: MIPTV Medaille d' Honneur
Roger Young (director) Florian Gallenberger Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film House of Borgia Noah Gordon (novelist) Downfall (2004 film) Dresden (2006 film) John Rabe (Film) Bavarian TV Awards
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