Jan Fantl

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Jan Fantl (born June 11, 1954 in Prague) is a German film producer

[edit] Biography

Jan Fantl is a son of director Thomas Fantl. After Thomas Fantl was barred from working in 1957, he moved with his family to Germany, where Jan Fantl was raised. Fantl passed his Abitur in Frankfurt am Main in 1975 and then started working as a Unit Production Manager at Bavaria Film; and became First Assistant Director and Assistant Editor two years later. During this period Fantl mainly worked alongside with Hajo Gies on producing numerous films and episodes of Tatort. He finished this period as a Second Unit Director on Schimanski's first theatrical debut Zahn um Zahn. Meanwhile he also was hired to assist Wolfgang Petersen (Planübung), Franz Peter Wirth (Wallenstein) an Peter Adam (Tatort). From 1984 to 1987 he worked as a writer and director for the German Sesame Street. Form 1981 until 1988 he worked same time as producer, writer and director for advertising and corporate promotionals. Since 1991 he worked as a line producer, amongst others on the Icelandic movie Tár úr steini, which was considered for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1996. For the TV pilot Der Clown he was in charge as Executive Producer in 1996. Since 1997 Fantl he has worked as a producer and entrepreneur who specializes in realizing Hollywood movies in Europe, e.g. eXtreme Ops or the musical-drama Beyond the Sea, starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman and Bob Hoskins. The story mainly takes place in the United States, but the movie was shot almost entirely in Germany at Filmstudios Babelsberg and in Berlin. Other than these, Fantl co-produced The Musketeer and A Sound of Thunder.

[edit] Filmography

1. "Martial Arts X-treme" (2006) TV series (producer)
2. Tristan + Isolde (2006), Kevin Reynolds, (co-producer)
3. A Sound of Thunder (2005), peter Hyams, (co-producer)
4. Slipstream (2005) (co-executive producer)
5. Riding the Bullet (2004) (executive producer)
6. Funky Monkey (2004) (co-producer)
7. Beyond the Sea (2004) (producer)
8. Imaginary Heroes (2004) (executive producer)
9. George and the Dragon (2004) (co-producer)
10. Spartan (2004) (co-producer)
11. The Red Phone: Checkmate (2003) (TV) (producer)
12. Stander (2003) (executive producer)
13. Chromiumblue.com (2003) (producer)
14. Extreme Ops (2002) (producer)
15. Deathwatch (2002) (co-executive producer)
16. "ChromiumBlue.com" (producer) (13 episodes, 2002)
17. FeardotCom (2002) (co-producer)
18. (No Good Deed executive producer)
19. The Musketeer (2001) (co-producer)
20. Bride of the Wind (2001) (co-producer)
21. My First Mister (2001) (co-producer)
22. The Red Phone: Manhunt (2001) (TV) (producer)
23. Investigating Sex (2001) (co-executive producer)
24. Diggity: A Home at Last (2001) (co-producer)
25. Nicht heulen, Husky (2000) (TV) (co-executive producer)
26. 20.13 - Mord im Blitzlicht (2000) (TV) (co-executive producer)
27. Elze Is Gilijos (2000) (producer)
28. The Mumbo Jumbo (2000) (co-producer)
29. Diebin, Die (1998) (TV) (producer) ... aka Miss Diamond (International: English title)
30. Clown, Der (1996) (TV) (executive producer)
31. Tár úr steini (1995) (line producer) ... aka Tears of Stone (International: English title)
32. Mesmer (1994) (line producer)