- Jan Schütte was born on June 26, 1957 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Drachenfutter (1987), Winckelmanns Reisen (1990) and Love Comes Lately (2007). He is married to Christina Szápáry. They have four children.
- SpouseChristina Szápáry(? - present) (4 children)
- Member of the 'Cinéfondation and Short Films' jury at the 55th Cannes International Film Festival in 2002.
- Member of the 'World Dramatic Competition' jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008, together with Shunji Iwai and Lucrecia Martel.
- President of the Jury at the 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival in 2012. The jury's decision to give a 'Jury award' to Sword of the Assassin (2012), directed by Vietnamese-American Victor Vu, was controversial, because of public accusations that Vu plagiarized other films.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 9th Vladivostok 'Pacific Meridian' International Film Festival in 2011.
- Member of the German Film Academy, the European Film Academy and since 2000 of the Akademie der Künste Berlin-Brandenburg in the section 'Film- und Medienkunst' [Film and Media Art].
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