Jens Schanze
Born: 1971-01-01 in Bonn, Germany
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Materia Prima ... (Director)
2023
- Got You ... (Supervising Producer)
2020
- Proud of You ... (Director)
2015
- La Buena Vida - The Good Life ... (Director)
2010
- Plug & Pray ... (Director)
2007
- Otzenrath 3° colder ... (Director)
2005
- Winterkinder as Self
2001
- Waste Land ... (Director)
1999
- Das kleine Kaufhaus ... (Director)
1989
- Blauer Panther as Self
1979
- Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1964
- Grimme Award as Self