Uwe Janson
Uwe Janson ( born November 6, 1959 in King Winter ) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer.
Life
Uwe Janson enjoyed a humanist education; In 1981, he refused military service on the weapon, there he worked as a social worker in the elderly. He then trained as a photographer whose success demonstrated, among other exhibitions of his photographic works in Stockholm, Cologne, Madrid and Bordeaux. He then completed a degree in sociology, philosophy and German literature in Heidelberg.
Work
Its application to the University of Television and Film Munich in 1987 was initially unsuccessful, although created in 1987 his first short film. This was followed by an assistant director to Nico Hofmann and Horst Königstein.
At the same time he trained between 1987 and 1990 in a number of script writing in the training program of the FEMI and the European Script Fund, among others with Frank Daniel, on. Uwe Janson was co-founder of the independent film distribution contraband.
1989 turned Uwe Janson (also screenplay), his first feature film persecuted tract, has been honored with many national and international awards.
Business followed in 1991 with friends for the British Film Institute and BBC television.
Since 1992, Uwe Janson turns cinema and TV productions as a director, writer and producer - including numerous productions in South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, United States, Mexico and Guatemala. In the Film Academy Baden -Württemberg and the DFFB he received repeated teaching.
Uwe Janson is a member of the German Film Academy.