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Jan Peter (born November 20, 1968) is a German director and writer. His best known works include the documentary drama series "Clash of Futures – 18", "14 – Diaries of the Great War", the documentary film "War of Dreams 1918-1939" (original title "Krieg der Träume 1918-1939"), the docu-drama "The Secret Inquitistion" (original title "Die geheime Inquisition") and the documentary "Der Rebell" ("The Insurgent").

Life and Career
Jan Peter was born in Merseburg, on November 20, 1968. Aged 16, he formed a band called "Auf eigene Gefahr" ("At your own risk") at the Ernst Haeckel high school he attended, with which he performed in the town and the surrounding region for two years. Later, Peter formed another band, “H-Milch aus Baghdad” with the Leipzig-based guitarist Peter Felix Liebe, which attained a cult status in Leipzig during the early 1990s.

In the late 1980s, Peter joined a number of different church groups in Leipzig and Merseburg which were working towards political change in the German Democratic Republic, including pastor Lothar König’s Junge Gemeinde Merseburg. During the Monday Demonstrations in Leipzig, he became a co-editor of publications for the Neues Forum (New Forum). In January 1990, he co-founded the first independent weekly newspaper in the GDR, Die Andere Zeitung, and was its chief editor. The newspaper reported on political, social and economic affairs. The newspaper’s culture supplement then became the Leipzig-based magazine Kreuzer, which Jan Peter also co-edited.

In 1993, together with Yury Winterberg and Katja Herr, Peter founded the production company LE Vision, based in Leipzig. Under their leadership, the company produced a feature film and numerous documentaries and docu-dramas, a number of which received awards, and for which Jan Peter acted as either director, screenwriter or producer. These works addressed political, social, scientific and historical themes. In February 2011, the difficult economic climate led LE Vision to end its activities, after almost 18 years of successful collaborations, and having become one of the most important East-German television production firms.

In 2002, Jan Peter was one of the co-founders of the Richard-Wagner-Gesellschaft Leipzig 2013.

In May 2015, together with Dr Michael Faustino Bauer, a professor of economics, Peter founded a new firm, Fortis Imaginatio, dedicated to the development, co-production and distribution of media projects in diverse formats.

Jan Peter’s work is characterised by its transgression of conventional genres, bringing together elements from of documentaries, feature films and animation. Through projects such as “Meine Kindheit” (“My Childhood” – animated documentary), “Friedrich-Ein deutscher König” (“Friedrich – a German King” – documentary film), and 14-Diaries of the Great War (documentary drama series), Peter has developed his own hybrid style of media production. 14-Diaries of the Great War, in particular, established him as a founder of the modern form of documentary drama series. Characteristic of the series is its weaving together of fictional and archival material, as well as its international dimension—in the series, characters from across the globe always speak in their native languages. Since 2013, he has increasingly focused on his work as a showrunner.

He lives and works in Leipzig.

Feature Films

 * 1999 – "Over the Rainbow – Sehnsucht ist eine Droge" (Over the Rainbow – Desire is a Drug).

Documentary Films

 * 2011 - "Friedrich – Ein deutscher König" (Friedrich – A German King), staring Katharina Thalbach und Anna Thalbach. Broadcast on ARTE, ARD - running time: 90 mins.
 * 2018 - "[[Krieg der Träume 1918-1939]" (War of Dreams 1918-1939). Broadcast on ARD - running time: 3x90 mins.

Documentary Drama Series

 * 2014 - "14 – Tagebücher des Ersten Weltkriegs" (14 – Diaries of the First World War). Broadcast on ARTE - running time: 8×52 mins; Broadcast on ARD/ORF - running time: 4×45 mins.
 * 2014 - "Great War Diaries". Broadcast on BBC 2 - running time: 3×60 mins.
 * 2014 - "14 War Stories". Broadcast on Netflix USA – running time: 8×52 mins.
 * 2018 - "Clash of Futures - 18". Broadcast on ARTE - runnung time:8x52 mins.

Documentaries (selected)

 * 1999 – “Aufstand der Träumer: Drei Tage im August 1989” (An Uprising of Dreams: Three days in August 1989 – running time: 30 mins.
 * 2000 - “Die Macht der Stunde: Eine Geschichte der Zeitmessung” (The Power of the Hour: A History of Time Measurement). Broadcast on ARTE and ARD – running time: 60 mins.
 * 2001 – “Nach Hitler. Radikale Rechte rüsten auf” (After Hitler: The Rearmament of the Radical Right). Broadcast on ARD – running time: 3×45 mins.
 * 2005 - “Der Rebell. Psychogramm eines Terroristen” (The Insurgent: Psychogram of a Terrorist). Broadcast on ARD – running time: 94 mins.
 * 2009 - “Mein Deutschland” (My Germany). Broadcast on ARD – running time: 3×45 mins.
 * 2010 - “Damals nach der DDR” (Back in the GDR). Broadcast on ARD and MDR – running time: 6×45 mins. Series director.
 * 2010 - “Als wir Kinder waren – Aufgewachsen in der DDR” (When We Were Children – Raised in the GDR). Broadcast on MDR – running time: 45 mins.
 * 2012 - “Kinder des Ostens” (Children of the East). Animated documentary, broadcast on MDR and RBB – running time: 3×45 mins.
 * 2015 - “Geheimauftrag Pontifex - Der Vatikan im Kalten Krieg” (Secret Assignment Pontifex – The Vatican during the Cold War). Broadcast on ARD, ARTE, RBB, BR, ORF, TVP – running time: 2×52 mins/1x90 mins).

Docu-dramas

 * 2002 – „Die geheime Inquisition“ (The Secret Inquisition). Broadcast on ZDF – running time: 3×45 mins.
 * 2004 – “Hexen – Magie, Mythen und die Wahrheit” (Witches – Magic, Myth, and the Truth). Broadcast on ARD – running time: 3×45 mins.
 * 2005 - “Mätressen – Die geheime Macht der Frauen” (Mistresses: The Secret Power of Women). Broadcast on Ard – running time: 3×45 mins.
 * 2006 - “Savonarola – Der schwarze Prophet” (Savonarola: The Dark Prophet). Broadcast on ZDF – running time: 45 mins.
 * 2008 - “Imperium der Päpste” (The Empire of the Popes). Broadcast on ZDF – running time: 3×45 mins: directed drama sequences, and part 2 in its entirety.

Audiobooks

 * 2008 – “Die Illuminaten – Auf der Suche nach der Weltherrschaft” (The Illuminati: The Quest for World Power) (argon audiobook, 59 mins)
 * 2008 – “Die Rosenkreuzer – Auf der Suche nach dem letzten Geheimnis” (The Rosicrucians: The Quest for the Ultimate Secret) (argon audiobook, 73 mins).
 * 2008 – “Die Templer – Das Geheimnis der Armen Ritterschaft Christi vom Salomonischen Tempel” (The Knights Templar: The Secrets of the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon) (argon audiobook, 65 mins)
 * 2008 – “Opus Dei – Das ‘Werk Gottes’ zwischen Heiligkeit und Santa Mafia” (Opus Dei – The “Work of God” between Holiness and Holy Mafia) (argon audiobook, 79 mins).

Screenplays

 * 2009 – “Deutsche und Deutsche” (Germans and Germans). Broadcast on ARTE – running time: 45 mins. Directed by Mira Thiel)
 * 2010 – “Damals nach der DDR” (After the GDR). Broadcast on ARD and MDR. Wrote scripts for parts 1, 3, and 6 together with Yury Winterberg.
 * 2010 – “Die Deutschen – August der Starke und die Liebe” (The Germans – August the Strong’s Loves). Broadcast on ZDF – running time: 45 mins, together with [[Yury Winterberg.
 * 2011 – “Friedrich – Ein deutscher König” (Friedrich – A German King). Broadcast on ARTE and ARD, 90 mins, together with Yury Winterberg]].
 * 2012/13: “14 – Tagebücher des Ersten Weltkriegs” (14 – Diaries of the First World War). Author of episodes 2 and 8. Principal screenwriter for episodes 3,4,5, and 7. Co-author for episodes 1 and 6.
 * 2014 – “Great War Diaries”. Broadcast on BBC 2 – running time: 3×60 mins.
 * 2015 – “Geheimauftrag PONTIFEX” (Secret Assignment PONTIFEX). Broadcast on ARD, ARTE, ORF, RBB, BR, TVP – running time: 2x52mins und 1x90mins, together with Yury Winterberg.

Plot Development

 * SOKO Leipzig, commissioned by UFA Fiction, together with Jörg Winger, Thomas Teubner and Yury Winterberg: character development, storylines, and re-location of the original series to Leipzig.

Shows

 * "Kennst Du den Mythos" (Do You Know the Myth). Directed the video projections for the show celebrating the 111th anniversary of FC Schalke 04. Co-produced with Musiktheater im Revier, Music by Dieter Falk and Heribert Feckler, Libretto by Ulf Schmidt, Stage direction by Michaela Dicu.

Awards (selected)
Nominated:
 * Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German Television Award)
 * Deutsch-Französischer Journalistenpreis (Franco-German Award for Journalism)
 * Banff World Media Festival Rockie Award
 * Japan Prize (Educational Media) in the category of "Continuing Education"

Awarded:
 * Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (Bavarian Television Award)
 * Robert-Geisendörfer-Preis (Robert-Geisendörfer Prize)
 * Civis-Medienpreis
 * New York Festivals Award, World Gold Medal
 * Platinum Award des Houston International Film Festival, Houston Texas
 * •	Grand Prix at the 12th International Documentary Film Festival, Sebastopol.
 * Hans-Klein-Medienpreis (Hans-Klein Media Award)
 * Förderpreis der Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung
 * Axel Springer Preis für junge Journalisten (Axel Springer Award for Young Journalists)