杨·库格尔，Jan Krueger was born in 1973 in Aachen. After studies in Electronics, Physics and Social Studies from 1992-1996, he enrolled in the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) to study Film and Television. Since 1998, he has been working as an author and director for an advertising agency and the public broadcaster WDR. His films include: "In den Kreis des Lichts" (documentary, 1997), the music video to Udo Lindenberg's "Verfuehrung von Engeln" (1999), and the shorts "Hochzeitsvorbereitungen" (2000), "The Whiz Kids" ("Freunde", 2001) which received the Silver Lion and the Prix UIP in Venice for Best Short, First Prize at Short Cuts Cologne, and the Prix Canal+ at Angers in 2002, and his feature debut "En Route" ("Unterwegs", 2004).