Jan Bonny

Jan Bonny

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Jan Bonny is a multi-award winning screenwriter and director. His work spans across feature film, art film, theater, and advertising. His graduation film at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), “Gegenüber,” starring Matthias Brandt, with whom he still has a close collaboration, premiered at the 2007 Cannes International Film Festival. The film went on to win the Best Screenplay Award at the Munich Film Festival and received a nomination for “European Discovery” at the European Film Awards.

In 2018 he was also invited to the Locarno Competition for “Wintermärchen,” a radical portrait of a three-person terror cell. It screened worldwide and received seven nominations and three wins at the German Critics Awards 2020, including Best Film.

In his numerous critically acclaimed television productions, Bonny has remained true to his signature style. Most recently, he received the Grimme Award in the Best Fiction 2021 category for “Wir wären andere Menschen,” also starring Matthias Brandt. His work on BMWs nextgen Series with Christoph Waltz brought ADC and Montreux Gold in 2021.

In repeated collaborations with artist Alex Wissel, he has created experimental works at the intersection of visual arts, theater and film, including titles such as “Single” (2014) and “Rheingold” (2018, in co-production with Volksbühne Berlin), that were screend at mumok Vienna, Kunstsammlung NRW, Kestnergesellschaft, Julia Stoschek Collection among others. Most recently, in 2021, he staged “Philoktet” by Heiner Müller at Theater Basel.

2022 sees co-written “Muss ja nicht sein, dass es heute ist“ premiere at Oberhausens German Competition and the release of Netflix Series “King of Stonks”, in which he holds directing and EP credits.

Awards

Bernd Burgemeister Fernsehpreis (Filmfest München 2022, as producer) – King of Stonks

Hon. Mention Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (Deutscher Wettbewerb 2022, as co writer) – Muss ja nicht sein, dass es heute ist

ADC (Gold and Silver 2021) – Nextgen Series (BMW)

Cresta Award (Silver and Bronze for Outstanding Direction 2021) – Nextgen Series (BMW)

Golden Award of Montreux (2021) – Nextgen Series (BMW)

Grimme Preis (2021) – Wir wären andere Menschen

Nom. for Cinematic Art Award (Festival des Deutschen Films 2020) – Wir wären andere Menschen

Best Picture, Best Ensemble, Best Cinematography (Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik 2019) – Wintermärchen

Nom. for Best Script and Best Editing (Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik 2019) – Wintermärchen

Nom. for Golden Leopard (Locarno Film Festival – Concorso Internazionale 2019) – Wintermärchen

Best Picture (Filmpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen 2019) – Wintermärchen

Nom. for Best Picture (São Paulo International Film Festival 2019) – Wintermärchen

Nom. for Best Medium-Lenght Picture (Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2018, as co-writer) – Es ist egal, aber

Best Medium-Length Picture (Achtung Berlin 2018, as co-writer) – Es ist egal, aber

Best Medium-Lenght Picture (Wendland Shorts 2018, as co-writer) – Es ist egal, aber

Nom. for Grimme Preis (2017) – Borowski und das Fest des Nordens

Special Award (FernsehfilmFestival Baden-Baden 2017) – Über Barbarossaplatz

Nom. Best Music Video (Vienna Shorts VIS 2016) – Boogieman

Best Music Video (Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2016) – Boogieman

iF Design Awards (2015) – Renault

Jürgen Roland Preis (Studio Hamburg Preis 2014) – Der Tod macht Engel aus uns allen

Nom. for Grimme Preis (2014) – Der Tod macht Engel aus uns allen

ADC (Shortlist 2013) – All in (Adidas)

Best Production (Kurz & Schön 2012) – Eva Gronbach

GFF Bronze (German Fashion Film Award 2012) – Eva Gronbach

Nom. for Best Medium-Length Picture (First Steps Award 2009, as co-writer) – Wannabe

Nom. for European Discovery (Europäischer Filmpreis 2009) – Gegenüber

Nom. for Camera d’Or (Festival de Cannes 2007) – Gegenüber

Hon. Mention (Festival de Cannes Quinzaine 2007) – Gegenüber

Förderpreis Deutscher Film (Filmfest München 2007) – Gegenüber

Hon. Mention (FICCO Filmfest Mexico City 2007) – Gegenüber

Nom for Best Picture (First Steps Award 2007) – Gegenüber

Goldener Löwe (Preis der Stadt Hachenburg 2007) – Gegenüber

Nom. for Beste Regie (Bunte New Faces Award 2007) – Gegenüber

Nom for Best Script (Prix Europe 2007) – Gegenüber

Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis in Bronze (2004) – Blaupunkt

Nom for Best Commercial (First Steps Award 2003) – Jägermeister Hirsch

Links

Website Jan Bonny
janbonny.de
Press
Zeit Verbrechen – der Panther
Süddeutsche, Wir wären andere Menschen
SPIEGEL, Wir wären andere Menschen
Der Freitag, Portrait
NZZ, Ich hab im Traum geweinet
CRITIC, Ich hab im Traum geweinet
SPIEGEL, Interview zu Wintermärchen
TAZ, Wintermärchen
NAZIS UND GOLDMUND, Wintermärchen
FAZ, Ueber Barbarossaplatz
Sueddeutsche, Ueber Barbarossaplatz
Frankfurter Rundschau, Ueber Barbarossaplatz
FAZ, Tatort
Sueddeutsche, Tatort
WELT, Portrait
Frieze, Rheingold
KubaParis, Rheingold
Le Monde, Gegenueber
Shots
The Drum

Festivals & Screenings
Festival de Cannes
Locarno Concorso Internazionale
Berlinale
Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Filmfest München
IFF Busan
IFF Sevilla
São Paulo International Film Festival
Jeonju International Film Festival
International Film Festival Hong Kong
Montreal IFF
Copenhagen PIX
Göteborg Film Festival
Torino Film Festival
FICCO Mexico City
L’Étrange Festival Paris
Moscau Int. Filmfestival
Internationales Filmfest Mannheim-Heidelberg
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
Achtung Berlin
Vienna Shorts
Internationale Hofer Filmtage
Crossing Europe Linz
mumok Wien
Haus der Kunst München
Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach
Kestnergesellschaft Hannover
Superdeals Brussels
Julia Stoschek Collection
Kölnischer Kunstverein
Kunstsammlung NRW
Volksbühne Berlin
Theater Basel
Basis Frankfurt
Kunstverein Hannover
NAK Aachen
Dortmunder Kunstverein
ACUD Berlin