Jens Schillmöller
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Jens Schillmöller is a writer, director, and part-time editor. His style could be described as meta comedy. He exploring the space between documentary, fiction, and animation, bending the forms into something new.
Add some meta tongue-in-cheek storytelling, ribald humor and lively visual language – there you are!
His work for clients like BMW, Mercedes AMG, VDI, Deutsche Bahn, Renault, Vodafone, and Baden-Württemberg has been awarded multiple times. BMWs nextgen series with Christoph Waltz brought ADC and Montreux Gold in 2021.
He lives in Cologne, Germany, and dreams of making a vampire movie without vampires.

Awards
ADC – Gold and Silver – BMW Chasing iNext
Cresta Award Silver and Bronze for outstanding direction – BMW Chasing iNext
Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis – VDI
Golden Award of Montreux – BMW Chasing iNext
German Fashion Film Award 2010 – Eva Gronbach
BoB Award 2018
Best Production (Kurz & Schön 2012) – Eva Gronbach
Kurz & Schön 2002 – Peng You ain’t alright
As Writer/Co-Writer:
Nom. Best Music Video (Vienna Shorts VIS 2016) – Boogieman – Directed by Jan Bonny
Best Music Video (Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2016) – Boogieman . Directed by Jan Bonny
As Editor:
iF Design Awards (2015) – Renault Zoé – Directed by Jan Bonny