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Jakob Schäuffelen

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Actor
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Jakob Schäuffelen is the son of a Czech actress and a German psychiatrist. He grew up in Munich and attended the film schools in Vienna and Hamburg. After working as an Assistant Director he made his directorial debut in 1997 with an episode of a German crime series. So far he has directed 8 TV movies, 45 episodes of TV series and the feature film "Abgefahren". The first 3 episodes of the award-winning series Edel & Starck (2002) were created by him. In 2012 he produced and directed the documentary "Vollkontakt - Ein Lebens-Weg" about MMA fighters. Jakob lives with his wife and two children in Berlin.
BornSeptember 19, 1967
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    Known for

    Full Contact - A Way of Living (2012)
    Full Contact - A Way of Living
    • Director
    • 2012
    Abgefahren (2004)
    Abgefahren
    4.6
    • Director
    • 2004
    Kanzleramt (2005)
    Kanzleramt
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    A Case for Two (1981)
    A Case for Two
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Gipfelstürmer - Das Berginternat (2019)
      Gipfelstürmer - Das Berginternat
      4.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Die Bergretter (2009)
      Die Bergretter
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Rainer Hunold in Der Staatsanwalt (2005)
      Der Staatsanwalt
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2016
    • In All Friendship (1998)
      In All Friendship
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013–2014
    • Alles Klara (2012)
      Alles Klara
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Full Contact - A Way of Living (2012)
      Full Contact - A Way of Living
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Dr. Molly & Karl (2008)
      Dr. Molly & Karl
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Raphaël Vogt and Marie Rönnebeck in Love Greeting of an Angel (2008)
      Love Greeting of an Angel
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Henning Baum and Cordelia Wege in Die Liebesflüsterin (2008)
      Die Liebesflüsterin
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Luca Barbareschi and Jutta Speidel in Donna Roma (2007)
      Donna Roma
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Kanzleramt (2005)
      Kanzleramt
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Abgefahren (2004)
      Abgefahren
      4.6
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Kein Mann für eine Nummer (2002)
      Kein Mann für eine Nummer
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Edel & Starck (2002)
      Edel & Starck
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002
    • SK Kölsch (1999)
      SK Kölsch
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2001

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Die Friedensmission (1997)
      Die Friedensmission
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1997
    • Tobias Moretti in Kommissar Rex (1994)
      Kommissar Rex
      7.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1996–1997
    • Evelyn Hamann's Geschichten aus dem Leben (1993)
      Evelyn Hamann's Geschichten aus dem Leben
      6.5
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1996
    • Dieter Pfaff in Bruder Esel (1996)
      Bruder Esel
      6.1
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1996
    • Howalds Fall (1990)
      Tatort
      7.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1994

    Actor

    • Ein starkes Team (1994)
      Ein starkes Team
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Wärter Warnke
      • 2000

    Personal details

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      • Official Site
      • Official Site
    • Born
      • September 19, 1967
      • Munich, Germany

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