Director
Born 1975, Germany
 
 
Jakob PREUSS
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Якоб ПРОЙСС
Jakob PREUSS
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2010 - The Other Chelsea - A Story from Donetsk (Другой Челси: История из Донецка) [documentary, 88 mn]

Biography
Jakob Preuss born 19.11.1975 in Berlin finished school in France in 1994, where he moved at age 16. He then studied law in Cologne and Paris, and completed a Masters degree in European studies in Warsaw, Poland. He went to Russia for a year to do his civilian service, where he returned to work after his studies. Since 2002 he is back in his hometown Berlin where he works as free-lance filmmaker. In addition to his work as a filmmaker he is employed as a freelance consultant/observer for International Organisations in the field of elections (i.e. OSCE, IOM), for the most part seconded by the Centre for International Peace Keeping Missions. He also worked a year for the NGO "Reporters withouth boarders" dealing with press freedom in the former Soviet Union. He is fluent in Russian, English, French and Spanish. Films: "Torn Iran", 2002 (53min) "The unburied war", 2005 (59min) "The Other Chelsea", 2010 (87min)