Jan Bonny


Jan Bonny is a German film director and screenwriter.

Life and work

Jan Bonny studied from 2000 to 2006 at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and finished his study with the screenplay for his award-winning feature film Counterparts ', which was nominated for the European Film Award and for the Caméra d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. In 2009 he participated in the Binger Filmlab in Amsterdam and the TorinoFilmLab in Turin.
Furthermore Jan Bonny realized with advertising agencies like DDB Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, Jung von Matt and Ogilvy & Mather a lot of commercials. Initially, the commercials were created in collaboration with the German film director and author Sonja Heiss under the alias Sonny & Bonny.
Bonny's feature film Germany. A Winter's Tale
' celebrated its world premiere in 2018 at the Locarno Film Festival, where the film was nominated for the Golden Leopard.

Filmography (Selection)