Jan-Ole Gerster

Life and work

Jan- Ole Gerster was born in 1978 in Hagen, Westphalia. After completing his community service, during which he trained as a paramedic, he moved in 2000 to Berlin, where he made an internship at the production company X Filme. He called ahead forty times, until finally invited him for an interview. After half a year of internship, he was then as a personal assistant of Wolfgang Becker on its hit film Good Bye, Lenin! involved.

The end of 2003 a study began Jan- Ole Gerster then in the areas of writing and directing at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin. During his studies he made ​​several short films and wrote together with Wolfgang Becker for the omnibus film Germany 09 the script for the episode Sick House.

2010 started Jan- Ole Gerster working on his graduation film, the comedy drama Oh Boy with Tom Schilling in the lead role. In July 2012, the award-winning work at Filmfest Munich celebrated its premiere. There, Jan- Ole Gerster also won the New German Cinema Award for Best Screenplay. Accompanied by numerous very good reviews, the film was released in Germany, where it reached more than 300,000 viewers on 1 November 2012. In the German Film Prize 2013 Oh Boy won six awards, including those for best feature film, best screenplay and best director.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2004: The pain goes, the film remains ( documentary director)
  • 2006: A friend of mine ( Actor )
  • 2012: Oh Boy (director and writer)

Awards (selection)

For Oh Boy:

  • 2012: New German Cinema Award in the category Screenplay at the Munich Film Festival
  • 2012: German Independence Award - Best German Film and Audience Award at the Oldenburg International Film Festival
  • 2012: Prize for Best Director at the International Film Festival Bratislava
  • 2012: Bavarian Film Award in the category script
  • 2012: Prize of the German Film Critics for Best Feature Film Debut
  • 2013: Focusfox Grand Prix Award for the best international debut or second film at the Sofia International Film Festival
  • 2013: Austrian Film and Television Award in the category Best Romy book movie
  • 2013: New Faces Award for Best Debut Film
  • 2013: German Film Award in the categories of Best Director and Best Screenplay
Screenwriter Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin Anthology film Oh Boy! (2012 film) A Friend of Mine (2006 film) Bavarian Film Awards
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