Jan-Ole Gerster (born 1978 in Hagen) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Life Gerster works as a film director and screenwriter in Germany.Tagesspiegel.de:Kaffeesatz und Kippenbecher (German)

He was a TorinoFilmLab AdaptLab participant in 2016.

Filmography 2004: Der Schmerz geht, der Film bleibt (documentary film, director) 2006: A Friend of Mine (actor) 2012: A Coffee in Berlin (director and screenwriter) 2019: Lara (director) 2025: Islands (director and screenwriter)

Awards 2013: Deutscher Filmpreis 2013: Romy 2013: New Faces Award 2019: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2019: Les Arcs Film Festival 2019: Filmfest München

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References

Blankenship, Robert and Jill E. Twark. "'Berliner Sonderschule': History, Space, and Humour in Jan Ole Gerster's Oh Boy (A Coffee in Berlin). Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies. 53.4 (November 2017): 362–381.