
Jakob Gatzka studied German language, literature and philosophy, after attending the University of Television and Film Munich as a guest auditor. He then worked with the director Dominik Graf (Beloved Sisters, 2014) and gained valuable managerial experience at the script agency Free X and at the film production company K5 Film/K5 International, where he handled script review and development, including for the long running German TV series Tatort.
Since 1997 he has written, directed and produced around 40 interviews, as well as short films, trailers and documentaries, including for the Fritz Bauer Forum. His documentary VOICES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS was released in 2018 at the Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA). Jakob Gatzka has filmed in about twenty countries, including Israel, Iran, China and the USA.
Jakob Gatzka is currently shooting the comedy ALLACH IST GROß, produced by Penned Pictures, Josef Brandmaier and John Hörnschemeyer, with – among others - Jutta Speidel, DOP Moritz Schultheiss; the project is mentored by the famous director Markus H. Rosenmüller (The Keeper, 2018).
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