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Personal Details

Born 1981 in Wiesbaden where he also graduated from high school, Peter Jeschke first studied German philology and philosophy in Heidelberg. He soon moved to Berlin, where he started several internships in film business as camera assistant and camera operator. He finally studied at the film university Potsdam HFF "Konrad Wolf“ to be a director, gaining a diploma in 2013.

Since 2014 he has worked as an assistant professor at the Transform drama school in Berlin and as freelance lecturer at the technical college in Potsdam. He speaks fluent English.

Filmography | selection

2024 Unversehrt (working title) | feature film (in development)
2022 Finding Lisa (working title) | crime miniseries (in development)
Bemberlestag (working title) | feature film (in development)
Ein Teil von uns (working title) | feature film | Lichtblick Film (in development)
Paartherapie | documentary series | 6 episodes | Film Five | RTL+
2021 Eric gegen Stehfest | documentary series | 12 episodes | Film Five | RTL+
2019 Du bist das schönste Mädchen | short film with Inka Friedrich and Godehard Giese
2017 Stigma | short film with Godehard Giese and Hendrik Arnst
Festivals (selection):
  • Max Ophüls Festival Saarbrücken 2017 | short film competition

  • Achtung Berlin Festival 2017 | short film competition

  • Cannes Short Film Corner 2017

  • Wendland Shorts 2017

  • Filmfest Weiterstadt 2017

  • Filmzeit Kaufbeuren 2017

  • Chhatrapati Shivaji International Filmfestival | competition | award: Best Concept

  • Cellu l‘art, Jena 2018

  • Alpinale 2018

2012 Der Zauberer | short film, 14 mins. | graduate film
Festivals (selection):
  • Zagreb Filmfestival

  • Achtung Berlin – New Berlin Film Award

  • International Student Film and Video Festival (ISFVF) of Beijing Hong Kong International Film Festival

  • Kolkata International Film Festival

2010 Am seidenen Faden | short film, 3 mins.
Festivals (selection):
  • International Student Film Festival, Belgrad

  • Friedrich-Wilmhelm-Murnau-Stiftung | short film award
    Krakau Filmfestival

  • Internationales Filmfest Emden

  • Festival de Cine Internacional de Ourese Festival Intienronacional de Cine de Huesca

Nominations & awards | selection

2018 Stigma | Nominated for the German Human Rights Film Award (Deutscher Menschenrechts-Filmpreis)
2017 Stigma | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Filmfestival (competition) | award: Best Concept
2010 Am seidenen Faden | Friedrich-Wilmhelm-Murnau-Stiftung | short film award