Jan Eilhardt

Jan Eilhardt studied Film and Performance (amongst others under Marina Abramovic) at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, and during which he worked under Heiner Müller in the theatre. In 2001 he received the renowned Government arts grant from the Kunstfonds Bonn, and in 2004 featured 'Quasar' at the Art Film Biennale Museum Ludwig, Cologne. Since then his features, shorts and music videos have been shown at film festivals, in cinema as well as in museum and gallery programs throughout the world. His award-winning short film 'The Last Night of Baby Gun' was narrated by Eva Mattes (famous for films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder & Werner Herzog). In 2013 Jan premiered his first feature length film 'The Court of Shards' at the Oscar®-qualifying Slamdance Film Festival in Park City. He recently finished his second feature film 'The Real Court of Shards', a sequel to his first. His third feature is in development right now.