Jan Bonny studied at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. For his final film ›Gegenüber‹ (2007), he received a commendation in Cannes and was nominated for the European Film Prize. ›Wintermärchen‹ (2018) premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and was subsequently awarded the German Film Critics' Prize several times. ›We would be different people‹ received four Grimme awards. At this year's Munich Film Festival he was honored with the Bernd Burgemeister Television Prize for his series ›King of Stonks‹. In 2020, Bonny produced a teaser shot in Mannheim for the IFFMH, in whose jury he himself is represented.