Jan Thüring
Directing
Biography
Jan Thüring was born in Aachen, Germany in 1971. He studied Graphic Design and graduated in 1994. Around the same time he started creating several comics, which were published in magazines and fanzines like Moga Mob, Schattenseiten, Panel and Filmriss. He also worked for the German edition of MAD magazine. In 1997 he started studying animation at the Filmacademy in Baden-Württemberg. He created the hit-animation 'Endstation: Paradies', an adaptation of a comic by P'ti Luc.
Known For
At home on their mountain, the small colony of rats doesn't lead much of a life. Nothing to eat, nothing to drink and nothing but rubbish, as far as the eye can see. Life drifts along, until one day a rat finds a postcard with a special motif. After this, nothing is the way it used to be ...
Terminal: Paradise
Animated short by Jan Thüring.
The Raft
Set in the mythical world of Arcadia – an utopian continent inspired by old world mythologies – the story revolves around several main characters.