Janine Jackowski



Janine Jackowski studied Production and Media Management at the Munich Academy for Television and Film from 1998 to 2002. While studying in 1999 she founded the film production company Komplizen Film together with Maren Ade. Following her first short films she produced Maren Ade’s graduation film “The Forest for the Trees” which received the Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and was nominated for the German Film Award as Best Film that same year. Janine Jackowski continued to produce “Everyone Else” 2009 by Maren Ade, “Sleeping Sickness” 2011 by Ulrich Köhler and “Tabu” 2012 by Miguel Gomes; these three feature films premiered in competition at the Berlinale and received three Silver Bears, the Alfred-Bauer-Award as well as the FIPRESCI Prize.
She works with directors such as Maren Ade, Benjamin Heisenberg, Sonja Heiss, Jan Bonny, Vanessa Jopp, Ulrich Köhler, Valeska Grisebach, Miguel Gomes, Barbara Albert, Jasmila Zbanic and Marc Rothemund.
Janine Jackowski has been selected to be part of the Producer on the Move program in 2009, the ACE 22 Development Workshop 2012/13 and is a member of the German and European Film Academy.
Filmography

2013 “Tanta Agua / So Much Water”, a Feature Film by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge, Co-producer

2012 „The Dead and the Living“, a Feature Film by Barbara Albert, Co-producer

„Tabu“, a Feature Film by Miguel Gomes, Co-producer

2011 "Sleeping Sickness", a Feature Film by Ulrich Köhler, Producer

2009 "Everyone Else", a Feature Film by Maren Ade, Producer

2008 "The Noise in My Head", a Feature Film by Vincent Pluss, Co-producer

2007 "Hotel Very Welcome", a Feature Film by Sonja Heiss, Producer

2006 "Pornorama", a Feature Film by Marc Rothemund, Producer

2005 "Meine verrücke türkische Hochzeit", a TV film by Stefan Holtz, Producer

"French for Beginners", a Feature Film by Christian Ditter, Producer

"Vollgas", a TV film by Lars Montag, Producer

2004 "3° kälter", a Feature Film by Florian Hoffmeister, Producer

2003 "The Forest for the Trees", a Feature Film by Maren Ade, Producer

"Christina without Kaufmann", a short film by Sonja Heiss, Producer

2002 "Alles getürkt!", a TV film by Yasemin Samdereli, Producer

2001 "Karma Cowboy", a documentary film by Sonja Heiss and Vanessa van Houten, Producer

2000 "Ebene 9", a short film by Maren Ade, Producer
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