Jan S. Kaiser
Managing Director
Tel:
+49 89-6499-3556
Jan S. Kaiser has been Managing Director of Bavaria Fiction since the company’s foundation in 2007. Previously he was General Production Manager for Bavaria Film from 2002, and from 2004 to 2016 he was also Managing Director of Bavaria Pictures.
While still a student, Jan S. Kaiser worked in the production of advertising, television and feature films. In 1992 he joined ndF (neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft) as an economist graduate, and from 1994 onwards he oversaw the creation of numerous TV series, TV movies and feature films in his capacity as Supervising Producer. In 1994 he was also appointed Managing Director of Crime TV GmbH. In 1999 he became General Production Manager at ndF, before joining Bavaria Film in 2002.
Jan S. Kaiser studied economics at the universities of Mannheim and Stuttgart-Hohenheim with special focus on marketing, organization, sociology and HR. He completed his thesis, entitled "Transformations in Role and Function: from Film Producer to Media Manager" in 1992.
Filmography (Selection)
| since 2017 |
Das Boot - Die Serie (Series, Int. Coprod.) |
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2017 |
Schatz, nimm du sie |
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2015 |
Macho Man |
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2015 |
Halbe Brüder |
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2012 |
Ludwig II. |
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2011 |
Hotel Lux |
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2011 |
Am Ende eines viel zu kurzen Tages / Death of a Superhero |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2008 |
Buddenbrooks |
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2006 |
Urmel aus dem Eis |
Awards
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2019 |
Winner Shanghai TV Festival - Magnolia Award for "Das Boot" - category "Best Foreign TV Miniseries" |
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2019 |
Winner Bavarian TV Award: "Special Prize of the Jury" for "Das Boot" |
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2019 |
Winner ROMY Award: "Prize of the Jury" for "Das Boot" |
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2018 |
GQ Award TV International for "Das Boot" |
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2011 |
Bavarian TV Award (Executive Producer Award) for „Hotel Lux“ |
Team
| Executive Assistant | Robert Küppers |
| Team Assistant | Tim Nauerz |