Uwe Janson Explained

Uwe Janson (born 6 November 1959, Königswinter) is a German screenwriter, director and producer. He has worked in Germany and the United Kingdom, including Business with Friends for the British Film Institute and the BBC (1991) and the British-German co-production The Sinking of the Laconia (2010; UK premiere 2011).

Selected filmography

Films

• Verfolgte Wege (1989)
• Heart in the Hand (1991)
• (2002)
• On the Inside (2011)
• (2014)

TV films

• Business with Friends (1992, short)
• Gefährliche Verbindung (1993)
• Lauras Entscheidung (1994)
• Nur der Sieg zählt (1995)
• Rhapsody in Blood (1998)
• Holstein Lovers (1999)
• (2000)
• Babykram ist Männersache (2001)
• (2002)
• (2003)
• (2004, based on Baal)
• Lulu (2006, based on Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box)
• (2006, based on Peer Gynt)
• Werther (2008, based on The Sorrows of Young Werther)
• (2009)
• The Sinking of the Laconia (2010)
• Aschenputtel (2011, based on Cinderella)
• Die Schuld der Erben (2012)
• Hänsel und Gretel (2012, based on Hansel and Gretel)
• (2013)
• Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (2013, based on The Little Match Girl)
• Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt (2014, based on How Six Made Their Way in the World)
• (2014)
• Die Udo Honig Story (2015)