Uwe Janson

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 TV films
 * Verfolgte Wege (1989)
 * Heart in the Hand (1991)
 * At Night in the Park (2002)
 * On the Inside (2011)
 * To Life! (2014)
 * Business with Friends (1992, short)
 * Gefährliche Verbindung (1993)
 * Lauras Entscheidung (1994)
 * Nur der Sieg zählt (1995)
 * Rhapsody in Blood (1998)
 * Holstein Lovers (1999)
 * Golden Boy (2000 film) (2000)
 * Babykram ist Männersache (2001)
 * Weihnachtsmann gesucht (2002)
 * Instinct for Crime (2003)
 * Baal (2004 film) (2004, based on Baal)
 * Lulu (2006, based on Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box)
 * Peer Gynt (2006 film) (2006, based on Peer Gynt)
 * Werther (2008, based on The Sorrows of Young Werther)
 * Volcano (2009 film) (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)
 * Der Minister (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)
 * Die Schlikkerfrauen (2014)
 * Die Udo Honig Story (2015)