Jan Schomburg

Jan Schomburg, *1976 wrote and directed movies (“Above us only sky” 2011, “Forget my Self” 2014, “Divine” 2020), wrote screenplays together with Maria Schrader (“Stefan Zweig – Farewell to Europe”, “I’m your man”) and wrote two novels (“Das Licht und die Geräusche”, 2017, “Die Möglichkeit eines Wunders”, 2024).

Secretly he even wrote and directed sketch comedy for German Television.

His films were shown at Berlinale, Locarno, Rotterdam, New York, among others. He was awarded the German Film Prize for the screenplay for “I’m your man”, the film “Stefan Zweig – Farewell to Europe” won the Audience Award of the European Film Academy.

In 2024, he is the head author and showrunner of “Other people’s money” (WT), an eight-part international TV series for ZDF and DR airing in March 25.

Jan Schomburg collaborates with Le Groupe Ouest since 2023.