Jan Buchholz

Screenwriter, Director, Editor, Cinematographer, Sound Designer

Born in 1981 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. 2010 Bachelor in Visual Communication from HSLU (Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst), focus video. 2020 Bachelor in Social Work from BFH (Bern University of Applied Sciences). 2017-19 Collaboration in the preparation of the Robert Walser Sculpture by Thomas Hirschhorn. During the realisation of the art-in-public-space project, he produced videos on site with passers-by. In 2021, he created a video installation in collaboration with the Art Brut artist Felix Brenner and the author Michael Stauffer, which was shown at Haus der Kunst Munich. He works as a freelance filmmaker.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2025
Asphalte Public by Jan Buchholz
2023
Material by Jan Buchholz
2014
Spin by Jan Buchholz
2010
Eigenbrand by Jan Buchholz
2007
Auf- und Abbruch in St.Güllen by Jan Buchholz

Screenwriter

2025
Asphalte Public by Jan Buchholz
2014
Spin by Jan Buchholz
2010
Eigenbrand by Jan Buchholz

Cinematographer

2019
Das letzte Buch by Anne-Marie Haller
2009
Export Orange by David Röthlisberger
2007
Auf- und Abbruch in St.Güllen by Jan Buchholz

Editor

2014
Spin by Jan Buchholz
2011
Ein Platz im Bus by Antonia Meile

Sound Designer

2014
Spin by Jan Buchholz
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