Work
jan tenhaven
Why We Buy - Secrets of Consumer Seduction
45/52 min | camera: Jörg Junge, Martin Langner | NDR/ARD, YLE
Produced by Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion
Developed in the framework of the Discovery Campus Masterschool 2007
A documentary about multisensual marketing and the power of sound, smell and colour.
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The war in me - The sleeping trauma
Der Krieg in mir - Das schlummernde Traum
30 min | MDR | co-director: Jochen Schmutz
More than sixty years after the end of World War II, three former war children break their silence and talk about their trauma - terrifying scenes they witnessed but could never be mentioned. Now they are ready to fight their inner demons with the help of specialized psychologists.
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Tracing the Ancestors
Die Spur der Ahnen
The Secret of the Christmas Cake
Das Geheimnis des Christstollens
30 min | MDR | camera: Jörg Junge | presented by Robert Burdy | 2007
Can it be that the "Dresdner Stollen" (the famous christmas cake from Dresden) has not been invented in Dresden? And is a pensioner from Swabia the descendant of the true Stollen inventor? The search leads all the way into the 15th century.
My Ancestors the Deathsmen
Meine Vorfahren, die Scharfrichter
30 min | MDR | camera: Jörg Junge | presented by Robert Burdy | 2007
A retired electrician from Chemnitz wants to find out about his ancestors. Is it true that he is related to one of the most infamous hangman of Saxony? His family search reveals an astonishing past...
What has moved Middle Germany
Erlebt! - Was Mitteldeutschland bewegte
1st season: 3 x 30 min | MDR | camera: Frank Eckert | 2007
2nd season: 3 x 30 min | MDR | camera: Frank Eckert | 2008
Presented by Axel Bulthaupt and directed by Jan Tenhaven, this series takes a look at the past 15 years of news coverage in Middle Germany: strong stories that have moved the people, individuals that have written history or pictures that have become part of the collective memory. A fast and thrilling new series.
The Animal Clinic
Die Tierklinik
4 x 30 min | MDR | camera: Thomas Keffel et al | 2006
Stories from the animal hospital in Leipzig.
Our Baltic Sea
Unser Ostsee!
4 x 30 min | MDR | camera: Jörg Junge | 2005
Four parts about holiday makers on the island of Usedom at the Baltic coast. The series also takes a look behind the scenes of family-owned Hotel "Kaliebe". During socialist times in East Germany, the place was a state-run holiday camp. After unification, the former cook and his wife bought the house and transferred it into a 3-star-hotel.
Elephant, Tiger & Co
Elefant, Tiger & Co.
25/50 min | MDR/ARD | weekly programme since 2003
This dokusoap takes a look behind the scenes of the Leipzig zoo and has been the first of its kind in Germany.
A City Cleans Up
Ordnung muss sein - Eine Stadt räumt auf
2 x 30 min | RBB | Co-director: Elle Langer | camera: Michael Lange | 2004
Fly-on-the-wall documentary on Berlin's new council patrol
Safari with the Lama Whisperer
Elefant, Tiger & Co. Special
30 min | MDR | camera: Raphael Scriba | 2004
50 min | ARD | camera: Raphael Scriba | 2005
A German zookeeper goes wild - assisting a Namibian vet to relocate giraffes.
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The Binmen - The Garbage And Its Men
Die Aufräumer - Der Müll und seine Männer
30 min | MDR | camera: Thomas Keffel | 2002
Fly-on-the-wall documentary on a team of garbage collectors in Leipzig
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Inka and her new Hit
Inka und der neue Hit
30 min | MDR | camera: Robert Schneider | 2001
Portrait of former East German singer Inka who is working hard to achieve a comeback in post-unification Germany
Bulthaupt in... - Travel programme
Presented by Axel Bulthaupt
Bulthaupt in Botswana
30 min | MDR / 3Sat | camera: Jörg Junge | 2007
Bulthaupt in Antigua
30 min | MDR / 3Sat | camera: Jörg Junge | 2006
Bulthaupt in Qatar
30 min | MDR / 3Sat | Kamera: Jürgen Rehberg | 2004
Bulthaupt in New Zealand
30 min | MDR / 3Sat | camera: Craig Herd | 2003
Bulthaupt in Martinique
30 min | MDR / 3sat | camera: Michael Lange | 2003
Bulthaupt in Istanbul
30 min, MDR / 3sat | camera: Michael Lange | 2002
Bulthaupt in Jamaica
30 min | MDR / 3sat | camera: Michael Lange | 2002
Bulthaupt in Stockholm
30 min | MDR / 3sat | camera: Michael Lange | 2001
Bulthaupt in London
30 min | MDR / 3Sat | camera: Craig Herd | 2001
The poorest are paying the Bill
Die Zeche zahlen die Ärmsten
30 min | WDR | camera and co-director Gisela Kilimann | 1999
Documentary on debt crisis shown through the example of Tanzania
Five Years of Adventure - Around the World by Pushbike
Fünf Jahre Abenteuer - Mit dem Fahrrad um die Welt
30 min | MDR / ARD / 3Sat / Phoenix | camera: Detlef Fluch | 1995
Long term documentary on two young men from former East Germany who - when the wall came down - decided to cycle around the world. Their journey took five years.
Siegfried & Roy - Between Kitsch and Illusion
Siegfried & Roy - Zwischen Kitsch und Magie
30 min | ARD Brisant | camera: Michael Lange | 1997
Special on the German born magicians and their life and work in Las Vegas
Presidential Election in Small Town America
US-Wahlkampf in der Provinz
3 x 10 min | MDR | camera: Robert Schneider | 1996
Three short features on small-town America only weeks prior to the presidential election - filmed in Leipsic / Ohio, Berlin / New Hampshire und Dresden / Tennessee.
MDR Foreign Affairs programme "Windrose"
Various magazine contributions
Camera: Robert Schneider | 1995 - 2001
ARD Lifestyle programme "Brisant"
Various magazine contributions
1994 - 2002
