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Films (selection)

HIRSCHHAUSEN: MEDIZIN DER ZUKUNFT
Documentary | 45 min | ARD (MDR, RBB, WDR) | Hoferichter ] Jacobs | 2024

LAVISH COMMUNIONS IN POLAND
Reportage | 32 min. | MDR, ARTE | Hoferichter & Jacobs Filmproduktion | 2023

PRICE FIGHTERS – LIFE ON THE POLISH MARKET
Reportage | 32 min. | MDR, ARTE | Hoferichter & Jacobs Filmproduktion | 2023

FOOD BANKS UNDER PRESSURE – NEW POVERTY IN GERMANY
Reportage | 32 min. | ZDF, ARTE | ECO Media | 2023

ADAM & IDA – ALMOST A FAIRYTALE
Documentary | 82 min | NDR | Hoferichter & Jacobs | 2022
With the support of Nordmedia, Creative Europe MEDIA, Claims Conference

HASS, LIEBE, HEIMAT – GLÜCKSSUCHE AUF JÜDISCH
Reportage | 32 min. | ARTE | Hoferichter & Jacobs Filmproduktion | 2022

POLEN SHALOM! – YOUNG, JEWISH SELF-CONFIDENT
Reportage | 32 min. | ARTE | Hoferichter & Jacobs Filmproduktion | 2021

A DREAM SHATTERED? – THE AMERICANS IN THE ELECTION YEAR (Head Writer/Director)
Documentary Series | 5 x 52 min. | ZDF/ARTE | Nordend Film | 2020

HEY, I AM A JEW! – YOUNG. JEWISH. GERMAN.
Documentary | 45 min. | ZDF | Nordend Film | 2020

4 WALLS BERLIN (Head Writer/Director)
Documentary | 75 min. | RBB | BASIS Berlin Filmproduktion | 2020

LILO’S LAUGHTER – THE AMAZING LIFE OF LISELOTTE PULVER
Documentary | 60 min. | ARD, NDR | ECO Media | 2019

BERLIN CLEANS – DIRTY TIMES (Head Writer/Director, with Florian Schewe)
Doku Series | 5 x 45 min. | RBB | BASIS Berlin Filmproduktion | 2018

COLOURFUL GERMANY (Head Writer/Director)
Documentary | 90 min. | SWR, RBB, ARD | DOKfilm | 2017

SILICON VALLEY REVOLUTION – HOW A FEW NERDS DID CHANGE THE WORLD
Documentary| 90 min. | ARTE, WDR | ECO Media | 2017

BERLIN AND BRANDENBURG FROM ABOVE
Documentary| 90 min. | RBB | DOKfilm | With the support of  Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg | 2016

PRETTY UGLY
Documentary| 52 min. / 45 min. | ARTE/WDR | Gebrüder Beetz | With the support of  FFA | 2014

MAKE LOVE (Schnittregie Staffel 1)
Docu Series | 5 x 45 min. | SWR, MDR | Gebrüder Beetz | 2013

THE CHOCOLATE HUNTER – ORGANIC CACAO FARMING IN ECUADOR
Documentary | 30 min. | ZDF | Hoferichter & Jacobs | 2013

EGYPT’S SUNKEN CITY – A LEGEND REVEALED
Documentary| 52 min. / 45 min. | ARTE, MDR | Hoferichter & Jacobs | 2012

WITH THE MUSKET INTO THE WEEKEND – BATTLE OF THE NATIONS 1813
Dokusoap| 4 x 25 min. | MDR | OPENhouse Media | 2012

THREE SHADES OF GREEN – RUGGED IRELAND
Documentary | 45/52 min. | ARTE, MDR | Hoferichter & Jacobs | 2011

THREE SHADES OF GREEN – FERTILE IRELAND
Documentary | 45/52 min. | ARTE, MDR | Hoferichter & Jacobs | 2011

THREE SHADES OF GREEN – GENTILE IRELAND
Documentary | 45/52 min. | ARTE, MDR | Hoferichter & Jacobs | 2011

AN EVENING FOR THE QUEENS
Documentary/ Entertainment programme | 90 min. | NDR | Co-writer: Christian Breidert |2011

AUTUMN GOLD
Theatrical Documentary| 94 min. / 52 min. | WDR, ARTE, NDR | Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion Berlin, Navigator Film Vienna | 2010
With the support of: Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmstiftung NRW, Austrian Film Institute (ÖFI), FFA, DFFF

WHY WE BUY
Documentary| 45/52 min. | NDR, ARD, YLE | Gebrüder Beetz | 2009
Developed within the framework of the Documentary Campus Masterschool 2007

WAR IN ME – THE SLEEPING TRAUMA
Documentary|30 min. | MDR | Jan Tenhaven Filmproduktion | Co-writer: Jochen Schmutz | 2008

WHAT HAS MOVED MIDDLE GERMANY (2nd season)
Documentary Series | 3 x 30 min. | MDR | Co-Autorin: Anne-Kristin Bärthel | 2008

WHAT HAS MOVED MIDDLE GERMANY (1st season)
Documentary Series | 3 x 30 min. | MDR | 2007

TRACING THE ANCESTORS – THE SECRET OF THE CHRISTMAS CAKE
Documentary / Reportage | 30 min. | MDR | 2008

TRACING THE ANCESTORS – MY ANCESTORS THE HANGMEN
Documentary / Reportage | 30 min. | MDR | 2007

BULTHAUPT IN BOTSWANA
Travel Documentary | 30 min. | MDR | TIWI Media | 2006

ANIMAL HOSPITAL – BEHIND THE SCNENS OF THE ANIMAL CLINIC LEIPZIG
Dokusoap | 4 x 30 min. | MDR | Co-Autor: Axel Friedrich. Auch Konzept und Entwicklung der Serie | 2006

BULTHAUPT IN ANTIGUA
Travel Documentary | 30 min. | MDR | TIWI Media | 2006

BULTHAUPT IN QATAR
Travel Documentary | 30 min. | MDR | TIWI Media | 2004

ORDER MUST BE! – ON PATROL IN BERLIN
Reportage | 2 x 30 min. | RBB | Askania | Co-Autorin: Elle Lange | 2004

SAFARI WITH THE LAMA WHISPERER – A ZOO KEEPER FROM LEIPZIG IN NAMIBIA
Reportage | 30/50 min. | MDR/ARD | 2004

BULTHAUPT IN NEW ZEALAND
Travel Documentary | 30 min. | MDR | TIWI Media | 2003

BULTHAUPT IN MARTINIQUE
Travel Documentary | 30 min. | MDR | TIWI Media | 2003

ELEPHANT, TIGER & CO
Docusoap | 25/50 min. | MDR / ARD | seit 2003

THE CLEANER – GARBAGE AND MEN
Reportage | 30 min. | MDR | TIWI Media | 2002

BULTHAUPT IN ISTANBUL
Travel Documentary | 30 min. | MDR | TIWI Media | Co-Autor: Axel Bulthaupt | 2002

BULTHAUPT IN JAMAICA
Travel Documentary | 30 min. | MDR | TIWI Media | Co-Autor: Axel Bulthaupt | 2002

DREAMED OU? – GERMANS IN NEW YORK AFTER 9/11
Reportage | 6’30 min. | MDR Forein Affairs Programme | Jan Tenhaven Filmproduktion

INKA AND HER NEW HIT – PORTRAIT OF SINGER  INKA BAUSE
Documentary | 30 min. | MDR | TIWI Media | 2001

BULTHAUPT IN STOCKHOLM
Travel Documentary | 30 min. | MDR | TIWI Media | Co-Autor: Axel Bulthaupt | 2001

BULTHAUPT IN LONDON
Travel Documentary | 30 min. | MDR | TIWI Media | Co-Autor: Axel Bulthaupt | 2001

CROC CATCHER IN DARWIN
Reportage | 6 min. | MDR Forein Affairs Programme | Jan Tenhaven Filmproduktion | 2001

THE POOREST ARE PYAING THE BILL – DEBT RELEASE FOR TANZANIA
Documentary | 30 min. | WDR | Kilimann-Filmproduktion | Co-director: Gisela Kilimann | 2001

VARIOUS MAGAZINE AND NEWS ITEMS FROM THE U.K.
für ARD, MDR, WDR, BR u.a. | 1998-2001

FLORIDA: YOUTH CRIME, GERMAN EXPATS, FREAKS IN KEY WEST
Reportage | 3 x 7 min. | MDR Forein Affairs Programme Windrose | Jan Tenhaven Filmproduktion | 1998

THAILAND: TRANSSEXUALS AND ECONOMIC CRISIS, WOLRD’S LARGEST RESTAURANT
Reportage | 2 x 7 min. | MDR Forein Affairs Programme | Jan Tenhaven Filmproduktion | 1998

SIEGFRIED & ROY – BETWEEN KITSCH AND MAGIC
Entertainment programme | 30 min. | ARD Brisant | 1997

IRELAND: DOLPHIN OF DINGLE
Reportage | 7 min. | MDR Forein Affairs Programme | Jan Tenhaven Filmproduktion | 1997

CANARY ISLAND: GRAN CANARIA, LANZAROTE, LA GOMERA
Reportage | 3 x 7 min. | MDR Forein Affairs Programme | Jan Tenhaven Filmproduktion | 1997

CHANNEL ISLAND: JERSEY, SARK, GUERNSEY
Reportage | 3 x 7 min | MDR Forein Affairs Programme| Jan Tenhaven Filmproduktion | 1997

GERMANS IN KYRGYZSTAN
Reportage| 6 min. | MDR Forein Affairs Programme | Jan Tenhaven Filmproduktion | 1997

US-ELECTION CAMPAIGN 1996: LEIPSIC/OHIO, DRESDEN/TENNESSEE, BERLIN/NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dokus Series 3 x 10 min. | MDR Forein Affairs Programme | Jan Tenhaven Filmproduktion | 1996

FIVE YEARS OF ADVENTURE – AROUND THE WORLD BY PUSHBIKE
Documentary | 30 min. | MDR, 3Sat, ARD | Jan Tenhaven Filmproduktion | 1996