Jan Peter
Author/Director/Showrunner
Born in 1968 and grew up in Merseburg/Saxony-Anhalt.
Jan Peter, in collaboration with producer Alexander Bickenbach of Frisbee Films, served as the showrunner and director for this four-part series. According to SWR’s evaluation, the series has already surpassed 2 million streams on the ARD Mediathek since mid-October – an impressive feat considering it consists of only 4 episodes! This innovative True-Crime format now stands among the most successful series streaming formats on ARD in 2023, measured per episode. It has been available on the ARD Mediathek since October 9, 2023. The 90-minute film version can be accessed through an internal link.
Awarded multiple nationally and internationally.
Lives in Berlin since 2006.
”LUBI - Ein Polizist stürzt ab“
Showrunner/writer/director
2023
Screenplay: Jan Peter, Sandra Naumann // Genre: Docuseries/Documentary // Director: Jan Peter // Production: Frisbeefilm Berlin in co-production with Studio Bummens, Fortis Imaginatio GmbH and Wolffpack Vision // Editors: Mirjam Dolderer, Susanne Gebhardt, Martina Treuter (all SWR) // Channel: SWR // Broadcast: ARD media library, Das Erste
”DER LETZTE FLUG - Ein deutsches Geheimnis“
Author/director
2022
Genre: documentary series / documentary // Screenplay: Jan Peter & Sandra Naumann // Director: Jan Peter // Production: DOKfilm // Editorial team: Jens Stubenrauch (RBB), Dagmar Mielke (RBB/ARTE) // Channel: ARTE, RBB // Broadcast: ARTE, Das Erste, RBB, NDR, WDR, SWR and others.
”ROHWEDDER - Einigkeit und Mord und Freiheit“
Direction
2020
Genre: Documentary series // Director: Jan Peter, Georg Tschurtschenthaler // Production/development: Christian Beetz/Gebrüder Beetz Berlin // Channel: NETFLIX worldwide
”KRIEG DER TRÄUME 1918-1939“
Showrunner/writer/director
2018
Genre: Documentary drama series // Screenplay: Jan Peter, Frédéric Goupil // Director: Jan Peter, Frédéric Goupil // Production: LOOKSFilm Leipzig with Les Films D'Ici Paris and IRIS Group Luxembourg // Editor: Gerolf Karwath (SWR), Fabrice Puchault (ARTE France), Anne Grolleron (ARTE France), Peter Gottschalk (ARTE G.E.I.E.), Alexander von Sallwitz (NDR), Jens Stubenrauch (RBB), Barbara Schmitz (WDR), Gudrun Wolter (WDR), Gerhard Jelinek (ORF) , Markéta Štinglová (CT), Anna Ferens (TVP), Anna Kowalewska-Onaszkiewicz (TVP) // Channels: ARTE, SWR, NDR, WDR, RBB, ORF, CT, RTBF, SVT, TVP, Toute l'histoire, BBC Alba, YLE, BBC Alba, NRK, DR, Radio Canada // Broadcast: ARTE, Das Erste, ORF, CT, SVT, BBC and others.
”GREAT WAR DIARIES 1914-1918“
Author/director
2014
Genre: Documentary drama series // Screenplay: Jan Peter, Maarten van der Duin, Yury Winterberg // Director: Jan Peter // Production: LOOKSFilm Leipzig with Les Films D'Ici Paris and Filmoption International/Montreal // Editor: Toni Lazzerini // Broadcast: BBC/NETFLIX USA/AL JAZEERA