Jan-Ole Gerster

Jan-Ole Gerster
Jan-Ole Gerster in 2019.
Born	Jan-Ole Gerster 1978 (age 45–46) Hagen, West Germany
Occupation(s)	Filmmaker, screenwriter, producer
Years active	2004–present
Notable work	A Coffee in Berlin

Jan-Ole Gerster (born 1978 in Hagen) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Life

Gerster works as a film director and screenwriter in Germany.[1]

He was a TorinoFilmLab AdaptLab participant in 2016.

Filmography

• 2004: Der Schmerz geht, der Film bleibt (documentary film, director)
• 2006: A Friend of Mine (actor)
• 2012: A Coffee in Berlin (director and screenwriter)
• 2019: Lara (director)
• 2025: Islands (director and screenwriter)[2]

Awards

• 2013: Deutscher Filmpreis
• 2013: Romy
• 2013: New Faces Award
• 2019: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• 2019: Les Arcs Film Festival
• 2019: Filmfest München

External links

• Jan-Ole Gerster at IMDb

References

1. Tagesspiegel.de:Kaffeesatz und Kippenbecher (German)
2. Wiseman, Andreas (February 15, 2024). "German Production & Sales Outfit Augenschein Sells Minority Stake To Erfttal Film As Company Ramps Up Slate". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

• Blankenship, Robert and Jill E. Twark. "'Berliner Sonderschule': History, Space, and Humour in Jan Ole Gerster's Oh Boy (A Coffee in Berlin). Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies. 53.4 (November 2017): 362–381.