Activities : Associate producer, Director, Scriptwriter, Co-producer, Director of photography, ???personne.activitefilm.exportateur (masculin)???, Founder
Date of Birth : 02/05/1964
Represented by : Adéquat
Agent : Laurent Grégoire
Official website : www.jankounen.com

Tawak Pictures : Founder

Tawak Pictures
22, rue Davy
75017 Paris
France

Chanel & Stravinsky(2008), from Jan Kounen
8(2006), from Jan Kounen, Gaspar Noé, Jane Campion, Wim Wenders
99 Francs(2006), from Jan Kounen
D'Autres mondes(2004), from Jan Kounen
Blueberry(2003), from Jan Kounen
Darshan - A journey in India with Amma(2003), from Jan Kounen
Amour, travail, santé...(2000), from Antoine Lepoivre
Dobermann(1996), from Jan Kounen
Dernier Chaperon rouge (Le)(1996), from Jan Kounen
VIBROBOY(1993), from Jan Kounen

Complete filmography

Jan Kounen was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 1964 and first made a name for himself by directing around thirty advertising films and music videos, mainly in Great Britain. In 1989, he directed his first short film, "Gisèle Kérosène", that won the top prize for a short film at the following year's Avoriaz Festival. In 1990, he directed "L'âge de plastic", a musical with the group Elmer Food Beat. In 1993, "Vibroboy", a "trash fantasy comedy" was awarded the Innovation Prize by the jury at the Clermont-Ferrand Festival. In1996, he filmed Emmanuelle Béart in the tale of "The Last Red Riding Hood", another musical, with choreography by Philippe Decouflé. "Dobermann" is his first feature film.