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Jan S. Kaiser

As Managing Director Production and Finance, Jan S. Kaiser is responsible for commercial and operational processes at Bavaria Fiction. Prior to his appointment as Managing Director of Bavaria Fiction in 2007, when the company was founded, Jan S. Kaiser had been an authorised signatory and Head of Production for Bavaria Film since 2002 and was also Managing Director of Bavaria Pictures from 2004 to 2016.

While studying, Jan S. Kaiser worked in the production of advertising, television and feature films. In 1992 he joined ndF (neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft) as an economist graduate, and from 1994 onwards he oversaw the creation of numerous TV series, TV movies and feature films in his capacity as Supervising Producer. In 1994 he was also appointed Managing Director of Crime TV GmbH. In 1999 he became Head of Production at ndF.

Jan S. Kaiser studied economics at the universities of Mannheim and Stuttgart-Hohenheim with special focus on marketing, organization, sociology and HR.

Filmography (Selection)

2020 Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes / Dark Woods (Event)
since 2017

Das Boot (Series, Int. Coprod.)

2017

Schatz, nimm du sie

2015

Macho Man

2015

Halbe Brüder

2012

Ludwig II.

2011

Hotel Lux

2011

Am Ende eines viel zu kurzen Tages / Death of a Superhero

2010

Kennedys Hirn

2010

Gier

2008

Buddenbrooks

2006

Urmel aus dem Eis

Awards

2019

Winner Shanghai TV Festival - Magnolia Award for "Das Boot" - category "Best Foreign TV Miniseries" 

2019

Winner Bavarian TV Award: "Special Prize of the Jury" for "Das Boot"

2019

Winner ROMY Award: "Prize of the Jury" for "Das Boot"

2018

GQ Award TV International for "Das Boot"

2011

Bavarian Film Award (Executive Producer Award) for „Hotel Lux“

Team

Executive Assistant Robert Küppers
Jan S. Kaiser
Managing Director

Filmography

Awards

2023
Das Boot New York TV & Film Award Silver Best Drama
Das Boot New York TV & Film Award Silver Best Use of Technology
Das Boot Jupiter Award Best TV-Series (national) nominated
2022
Dark Woods ROLAND-Filmpreis Best Production
Dark Woods New York TV & Film Award Crime Drama
2021
Dark Woods C21 International Drama Awards Finalist Best Miniseries nominated
Dark Woods DAfF-Preis Best Executive Producers Marc Conrad, Maren Knieling, Jan S. Kaiser nominated
Dark Woods Seoul International Drama Awards Best Mini-Series nominated
Dark Woods Deutscher Fernsehpreis Best Mini-Series nominated
Freud New York TV & Film Award Gold for Crime Drama
Freud Jupiter Award Best TV-Series (National) nominated
Das Boot Seoul International Drama Awards Best Mini-Series nominated
Das Boot New York TV & Film Award Silver Drama
Das Boot Shanghai TV Festival - Magnolia Award Best Foreign TV Series nominated
Das Boot TV Choice Award Best Drama Series nominated
Das Boot Rockie Awards Drama Series: Non-English Language nominated
Das Boot Jupiter Award Best TV-Series (national) nominated
2020
Brecht - The Women. The Wars. The Price. Grimme-Preis Fiction "Special" Heinrich Breloer nominated
Freud Berlin Series Award Best Series nominated
Das Boot Rose d’Or Award Drama nominated
Das Boot New York TV & Film Award Drama nominated
2019
Brecht - The Women. The Wars. The Price. Venice TV Award Best Documentary nominated
Das Boot Deutscher Fernsehpreis Best Drama Series nominated
Das Boot Grimme-Preis Fiction nominated
Das Boot ROMY Prize of the Jury
Das Boot Bayrischer Fernsehpreis Special Prize of the Jury
Das Boot Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award Best Foreign Film/Miniseries
Das Boot Golden Nymph Award Best TV Drama Series nominated
Das Boot TBI Innovation Award Best Debut Drama Series nominated
Das Boot C21 International Drama Award Best non-English language drama series nominated
2018
Das Boot GQ Men of the Year Award TV National