Jan Fantl

Jan Fantl

Owner/MD at E4FOX
Producer and Screenwriter

Berlin, Germany

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About Jan

JAN FANTL - producer – fund manager
has vast experience in international production, co-production, financing, co-financing, supervising physical production, structuring and monitoring productions.
He advised and supervised for Media Funds as COO and hands- on Co-Producer.
After 39 years “on set” and „at desks“ it is still his passion to take seat in the producer’s chair of international theatrical and high class tv movie productions.
Quick look references:
producer: BEYOND THE SEA, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman, Bob Hoskins;
co-producer hands on: TRISTAN & ISOLDE, James Franco, Sophia Myles; Ridley & Tony Scott
THE MUSKETEER Catherine Deneuve, Tim Roth, Mena Suvari; SOUND of THUNDER, Ben Kingsley, Ed Burns,
Born in Prague in 1954, he literally grew up on his father’s sets and had completed much internship by the time he graduated high school. He launched his career in 1975 in Munich, moved on to positions as unit manager and assistant editor. For ten years he worked as 1st AD on numerous projects, with reputable directors as Wirth, Hauff, Gies and Wolfgang Petersen. Parallel thereto, ́81 - ́88, he completed more than 170 industrial clips and infomercials for Daimler Benz, Lufthansa, IBM and others as Producer, Writer and Director.
In 1984 he made his father’s dream come true and produced the documentary feature about his father’s tragic childhood, the award-winning THE CHILDREN OF THERESIENSTADT - GATEWAY TO HELL. In 1985 he organized the action sequences as second and action unit director on SCHIMANSKI – ZAHN UM ZAHN, one of the first successful action movies in German theatrical production, which marked the end of his AD-time.
Fantl also worked as writer/director to re-launch the German version of SESAME STREET in `86. He went on for three years overlooking multiple programs as a TV Producer and „Head of Infotainment” at Multimedia-Cinecentrum, a company equally owned by Studio Hamburg and Axel Springer, Europe’s largest publishing house. Went on as freelancing Line- and TV- Producer as of 1991 for numerous projects.
His success continued in 1996 when he was appointed as TV Executive Producer to lead Action Concept into producing, starting with the very successful action cult hit DER CLOWN for German Broadcaster RTL. In 1997 he produced MISS DIAMOND -- still one of the best- rated MOW's ever for German broadcaster PRO 7.
Since then Jan Fantl has taken care of more than 53 international film projects. Under several flags of companies and media investment funds he has monitored and supervised more than 1,1 billion €uro of budgets in total.
D’ARTAGNAN - THE MUSKETEER (Universal), made it to Number 1 in the US Box Office on its opening weekend September 7th in 2001; EXTREME OPS (Paramount); SPARTAN ; RIDING THE BULLET ; IMAGINARY HEROES ( Sony Classics) , BEYOND THE SEA (Lionsgate) and TRISTAN& ISOLDE (Fox) are titles among others.
Fantl is in development of FEEDER an horror-adventure in Canada, courtroom -action series EI§ENEBERG and tv series' STRAYLORDS and GELD.MACHT.GLUECK

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  • Taxi

    Taxi (2015)
    Film (Comedy, Drama and Romance) Producer Hamburg, mid 80s, ALEX is a cabby. The sound is hard, pubs are dark and loud, people constantly argue about anything and everything, people smoke all the time, and not just cigarettes. Alex wants love and freedom and sleeps with DIETRICH. It's far from being love, but the sex is okay. With MARC, a little person full of dignity, she finds more than that. The rest is struggles with her passengers, the indifferent and the doomed, brutes as other nuisances. This sort of life could go on and on, Alex could drive away from her own life and in doing so lose Marc and not getting rid of Dietrich. Wouldn't there be a small monkey with the same invincible desire for freedom as hers.

  • Slave

    Slave (2012)
    Film (Crime and Thriller) Producer Twists and turns as a clever policeman investigates the death of an abusive businessman who has recently divorced his wife and taken custody of their only child, by revealing her past as a porn star. LAURA LOHNER is his prime suspect in a web of S&M games filled with prostitutes and high class hookers. There's one problem: Laura has the perfect motive...but she also has the perfect alibi. When FRANK LOHNER is found shot dead execution style, with six bullets to his body and an unconscious (and drugged) beautiful prostitute at his side, DETECTIVE ADAMS suspects Laura Lohner and sets out to question STAR, the young prostitute about her connections to Laura. As he delves deeper into the suspicious connections between the two women, the detective sets a trap to catch Laura in the act of pulling strings. He convinces Star she too is a victim, even though Laura has been the only one to protect her from her vicious ex-boyfriend SID...who coincidentally acted with Laura back in the day. As ... Written by Jorgo Papavassiliou

  • Martial Arts X-treme

    Martial Arts X-treme (2006)
    Television (Reality-TV) Producer Add a Plot »

  • Tristan + Isolde

    Tristan + Isolde (2006)
    Film (Drama and Romance) Producer An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers. Written by Brian@filmschoolrejects.com

  • A Sound of Thunder

    A Sound of Thunder (2005)
    Film (Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi and 1 More) Producer 2055, Charles Hatton has made a fortune by founding 'Time safari', which offers rich 'big game hunters' short time travels to kill off dinosaurs just before their natural death. When Travis notices the weather and wildlife are not behaving as usual, he consults Dr. Rand, the contractually invisible inventor of the supercomputer which controls the time travel. They soon face 'time waves', each worsening the effects in 2055 of evolutionary distortions, lower lifeforms first. They attempt to identify and rectify the past alteration, but each attempt gets harder in their distorted present. Written by KGF Vissers

  • The Karate Dog

    The Karate Dog (2005)
    TV Movie (Action, Comedy, Crime, Family and 1 More) Producer When LAPD computer expert Peter Fowler investigates the killing of an old man in Chinatown, he finds the only witness is his dog, Cho Cho. But Fowler soon discovers Cho Cho is the only dog in the world who can speak to humans... not only that, Cho Cho is an expert in martial arts. When they join forces to track down the mastermind behind the death of Cho Cho's master, it leads these unusual partners into uncovering a dangerous conspiracy which puts both of their lives in danger. Written by Anonymous

  • Slipstream

    Slipstream (2005)
    Film (Sci-Fi) Producer A scientist plots a bank robbery based around his newest invention -- a time travel gadget that will send its user 10 minutes into the past. Everything goes according to plan, until he encounters a group of thieves who've planned their heist for the same day. Written by Anonymous

  • Riding the Bullet

    Riding the Bullet (2004)
    Film (Horror and Thriller) Producer A young man hitchhiking back home to visit his mother is picked up by a mysterious stranger. As the ride goes on, the young man uncovers a terrible secret about the stranger, and is given a choice by the stranger. A choice that can mean life or death. Written by Sarah

  • Funky Monkey

    Funky Monkey (2004)
    Film (Comedy and Family) Producer This amusing, darkly comic tale follows CIA agent Jack McCall and a chimpanzee that he attempts to liberate from a testing lab. Named Clemens, the chimp has been trained in martial arts combat, as part of a program designed to turn the creatures into fearsome fighting machines. Naturally this leads to plenty of slapstick moments between Modine and the chimp, especially when they seek refuge in the home of a boy and his mother as the owners of the lab hotfoot it after the escaped primate. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}

  • Imaginary Heroes

    Imaginary Heroes (2004)
    Film (Comedy and Drama) Producer The Travis family façade is destroyed by an event incomprehensible to them -- an event which will open locked doors and finally reveal the secrets that have haunted them for decades. Written by Anonymous

  • Beyond the Sea

    Beyond the Sea (2004)
    Film (Biography, Drama, Music and Musical) Producer Consummate entertainer Bobby Darin (1936-1973) is making a movie about his life. He's volatile, driven by the love of performing, ambition, perfectionism, and belief that he's living on borrowed time. He begins in the Bronx: a fatherless lad learning music and dance from his mom. His career starts slowly, then "Splish Splash" puts him at the top of the charts and on "Bandstand." He wants to be an entertainer, not a pop star, so he aims for the Copacabana; then it's on to the movies, where he meets and marries Sandra Dee. After, it's balancing career, health, marriage and family life, balances he doesn't always keep. Throughout, conversations with his boyhood self give him perspective. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

  • Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

    Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)
    Film (Comedy, Family and Sci-Fi) Producer In this high-adventure sequel the baby geniuses find themselves at the center of a nefarious scheme led by powerful media mogul Bill Biscane. Joining the babies in their battle against evil is a legendary baby named Kahuna. Part ultra-cool spy, part superhero, Kahuna joins babies Archie, Finkleman, Alex and Rosita in a race against time to stop the villainous Biscane from using his state-of-the-art satellite system to control the minds of the world's population. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}

  • Dracula 3000

    Dracula 3000 (2004)
    Film (Horror and Sci-Fi) Producer In the year 3000, the deep space salvage ship Mother III locates the vanished starship Demeter in the Carpathian System. Captain Abraham Van Helsing and his crew composed of the blonde assistant Aurora Ash; the crippled navigator Arthur "The Professor" Holmwood, who believes that he is a genius; the strong and dumb Humvee; the intern Mina Murry; and the drug addicted 187, decide to claim the possession of Demeter. While exploring the spacecraft, they see a tape of fifty years ago of Captain Varna telling that he was locked in his cabin since his crew was acting weird after getting a cargo of coffins in Transylvania station. When 187 decides to search in the coffins for some possible hidden dope, he cuts his hand and his blood awakes Count Orlock, a.k.a. Count Dracula. When Aurora discloses who Dracula is, the survivors try to find a way to destroy the vampire. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • George and the Dragon

    George and the Dragon (2004)
    Film (Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy and 1 More) Producer The first crusade to free the Holy Land has ended. A mass of weary knights, squires, soldiers of fortune and priests are making their way home across a Europe that has changed forever. George, a handsome English knight, unsettled by the horrendous bloodletting he witnessed in Palestine, desires to hang up his sword and settle down to a quiet, peaceful life. On returning to England, George heads north where he's heard the land is good and the population sparse and of a kindly King named Edgaar. He finds King Edgaar in a terrible state. His beautiful daughter, Lunna has recently disappeared. In return for a small plot of land, George agrees to search for Princess Lunna. With Edgaar's faithful servant, Elmendorf, George sets out. George discovers both the princess and the truth behind her strange disappearance. The quest now set before them ends in a love, a lie and a legend that has lasted a thousand years. Written by Schleppy

  • Spartan

    Spartan (2004)
    Film (Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery and 1 More) Producer Maverick Ranger Scott, known for ruthless, unorthodox methods but good results, is called in to help the secret service after Washington big whig's brat daughter is abducted while studying at Harvard. Scott quickly realizes the protection detail's prime suspect, her boyfriend Michael Blake, is innocent and dumped her for being a drug-addicted slut. Next he traces her to a bordello, only to realize the captors didn't realize who she is but simply recruited her for the Middle Eastern white slavery market, and are likely to dispose of her rather than confront her father. But instead of the support expected in such high-profile case, Scott gets orders to work in secret before the press catches on, and even finds his quest sabotaged. Written by KGF Vissers

  • Chromiumblue.com

    Chromiumblue.com (2003)
    Film (Drama and Romance) Producer Vivian Vadim is a successful fashion stylist in complete charge of her life. Then she meets Henry. He's handsome, charming and very, very rich. Women throw themselves at him. But he falls for Vivian. Love at first sight. She isn't buying. But he won't take no for an answer. He pursues her with a passion. But then he has a terrible motorcycle accident and almost dies. He is determined to get better but it will take time. Until he does, he asks Vivian to take his yacht, the chromiumblue, and his staff and give specially selected women their fantasy adventures. Allow them to reach their full potential. And report it all back to him in excruciating detail. Until he recovers, he will live through her and chromiumblue.com Written by Anonymous

  • Red Phone 2

    Red Phone 2 (2003)
    TV Movie (Action and Drama) Producer An international police force works together to combat worldwide terrorism.

  • Stander

    Stander (2003)
    Film (Action, Biography, Crime and Drama) Producer In the early 1980's, a white police officer (Andres Stander, played by Thomas Jane) in Johannesburg suffers a crisis of conscience due to his involvement in apartheid and becomes a notorious bank robber on the run. Then from 1983 to 1984, the "Stander gang" (Stander, Alan Heyl & Patrick McCall) rob as many as four banks a day. Written by screenwritersutopia.com

  • Extreme Ops

    Extreme Ops (2002)
    Film (Action, Adventure and Thriller) Producer A film crew travels to the Austrian Alps near the (former) Yugoslav border to film three extreme sports enthusiasts being chased down by an avalanche for a commercial. What they don't know, however, is that they're filming near the secret hideout of Slobodan Pavle, a Serbian war criminal. Accidentally catching him on film, they become locked in a life-or-death chase for their lives through the mountains that includes skiing, snowboarding, sky diving, white water rafting, helicopters, motorcycles and base jumping. Written by Schleppy

  • The Red Phone: Manhunt

    The Red Phone: Manhunt (2002)
    TV Movie (Action and Drama) Producer When the red phone rings, the AT 2000 goes into action. Covertly created and financed by an international consortium of governments and wide-ranging private interests, AT 2000 represents the last line of defense against worldwide terrorism. A secured hi-tech computer line, the red phone accesses only terrorist activity already investigated and verified by - but beyond the grasp of - any one of a number of international police, special security, and military agencies, so its urgent signal raises the alarm on a clear and present danger - an explosive situation that only AT 2000 can defuse. Headed by Quentin Forbes, the group is assembled from special units throughout the entire commonwealth of nations - the men and woman of AT 2000 are the very best in their respective specialities. But they are also renegades, marching to a different drumbeat of justice, one above and beyond the call of "regular duty". Forming what is, essentially, the first truly international police force, they ... Written by Lou

  • Deathwatch

    Deathwatch (2002)
    Film (Drama, Horror, War and Thriller) Producer In 1917, in the Western front, a group of survivors of the British Company Y reach the most forward German trench in a foggy night. They capture a German soldier that advises that evil is in the trench, forcing the soldiers to kill each other, and asks them to leave the place. Only the private Charlie Shakespeare listens and helps the prisoner, while a supernatural force scares and makes the soldiers insane. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Feardotcom

    Feardotcom (2002)
    Film (Crime, Horror and Thriller) Producer Four bodies are found in New York City. Why, why, why? The coincidence? They all died 48 hours after logging on to a site named feardotcom.com. Tough detective Mike Reilly collaborates with Department of Health associate Terry Huston to research these mysterious deaths. The only way to find out though what really happened is to enter the site itself... Written by SomethingSage

  • No Good Deed

    No Good Deed (2002)
    Film (Action, Crime, Drama, Music and 1 More) Producer About a police detective, Jack, who, while doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager on Turk Street, stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery. Jack finds himself being held hostage while the criminals decide what to do with him, and the leader's beautiful girlfriend, Erin, is left alone to watch Jack. Erin, who we discover is a master manipulator of the men in the gang, reveals another side to Jack - a melancholy romantic who could have been a classical cellist. She finds Jack's captivity an irresistible turn-on and he can't figure out if she's for real, or manipulating him, too. Before the gang returns, Jack and Erin's connection intensifies and who ends up with the money is anyone's guess. Written by Kate Hoffman

  • Diggity's Treasure

    Diggity's Treasure (2001)
    Film (Drama) Producer Raymond is the family black sheep, relying on handouts from his half-brother, Otis. He's lost his job, his apartment, and all his confidence until word comes that he has inherited an English countryside property. Otis gladly purchases a one-way ticket for the new "Lord of the Manor". Except Raymond discovers his inheritance is no manor house, but a small, crumbling stone church that's the center of a scheme by the village scrooge, Malcolm Slee, in his frantic search for a valuable chest of gold hidden in the village by King Charles at the end of the English Civil War. Raymond initially accepts Slee's offer to purchase the church, but has second thoughts when he learns from the local Bed & Breakfast owner Rachel that a family with children lives on the property. As Raymond and Rachel begin to bond, Raymond is singled out by a mysterious young orphan named Diggity, who believes that if he helps Raymond find his way in life, he will earn his wings as an angel. Written by Mackinac Media

  • The Musketeer

    The Musketeer (2001)
    Film (Action, Adventure and Romance) Producer In 17th century Paris, a dashing swordsman named D'Artagnan finds himself at odds with the powerful forces taking over France. He sets out to avenge the murder of his parents and finds his country cleaved by chaos and civil unrest. His heart softens only for Francesca, a fiery peasant girl who claims D'Artagnan's heart on sight. Written by Sujit R. Varma

  • Intimate Affairs

    Intimate Affairs (2001)
    Film (Comedy and Drama) Producer A group of men and two female stenographers scientifically study sex.

  • Bride of the Wind

    Bride of the Wind (2001)
    Film (Biography, Drama, Music and Romance) Producer Vienna, 1902: Alma Schindler meets Gustav Mahler. She beautiful, young, plays, and composes: music is her life. She becomes Mahler's lover, then he marries her, asking that she give up composing. She has two children, works as his assistant, does his books, saves him from debt, and feels stifled. In 1910, after the death of a child, she retreats to a spa where she falls in love with Walter Gropius. Will she go with him or stay with Mahler? She conducts an affair with the tempestuous Oskar Kokoschka and is stifled in another way. Then, she marries Gropius, who proves imperious. She leaves him for Franz Werfel: he finds her compositions and insists the public hear them. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

  • My First Mister

    My First Mister (2001)
    Film (Comedy, Drama and Romance) Producer Jennifer does not fit in. A total misfit, she's as wacky as a teenager can be. Goth-ed out with multiple piercings, tattoos, and dyed hair, she listens to strange music, watches vintage TV, eats primarily chocolate, and self injures. But now high school is over and she needs a job. Can she possibly have anything in common with the overweight middle-aged man in the haberdashery window? He gives her a job, not to mention a real friendship. Written by Martin Lewison <milst1@yahoo.com>

  • Nicht heulen, Husky

    Nicht heulen, Husky (2000)
    TV Movie (Drama and Romance) Producer Add a Plot »

  • The Mumbo Jumbo

    The Mumbo Jumbo (2000)
    Film (Comedy) Producer A cynical young American, Thomas Doubting, is given a magical amulet which takes him on a mysterious journey to the island of Sinmouth. The eccentric locals believe he is the lost legend of "Mumbo Jumbo" - an entity who will restore their fortunes and rescue the beautiful Princess Vanilla. Written by anon

  • 20.13 - Mord im Blitzlicht

    20.13 - Mord im Blitzlicht (2000)
    TV Movie (Thriller) Producer Add a Plot »

  • Elze Is Gilijos

    Elze Is Gilijos (2000)
    Film Producer Add a Plot »

  • Die Wand

    Die Wand (1999)
    Film Producer Add a Plot »

  • Die Diebin

    Die Diebin (1999)
    TV Movie (Action and Comedy) Producer Diamonds are a girls best friends, so when an exhibition of the first diamonds ever discovered in Germany is announced, Lana thinks it is her duty to steal them. And so she does, since Lana is a diamond thief, a very good diamond thief. But the unexpected happens: she is caught by Tim because of a screw, the diamonds are fake and someone is trying to kill her. Will she survive? Written by Baldinotto da Pistoia

  • Der Clown

    Der Clown (1996)
    TV Movie (Action and Thriller) Producer Max Zander, a World Intelligence Police Agency (W.I.P.A.) agent, is transferred to LKA Dusseldorf, Germany, for one year, where he shall investigate the Russian Mafia. When a friend of him is blown up by a bomb, Max first is full of sorrow, but then decides to take revenge for his friend anonymously as the Clown. Written by Oliver Heidelbach

  • Tár úr steini

    Tár úr steini (1995)
    Film (Biography and Drama) Producer Add a Plot »

  • Mesmer

    Mesmer (1994)
    Film (Biography and Drama) Producer The 18th-century Viennese medical establishment is threatened by the radical yet successful healing methods of Austrian physician Franz Anton Mesmer. Blind pianist Maria Theresa Paradies, daughter of a well-to-do businessman, becomes Mesmer's patient after he calms her seizure at a concert. As the two are drawn into an intimate relationship, the situation is used as an excuse to banish Mesmer from Vienna. Undaunted, he moves on, becoming a court favorite in Paris. Written by Bhob Stewart <bhob@genie.com>

  • The Hallo Spencer Show

    The Hallo Spencer Show (1987)
    Television (Family) Director Add a Plot »

  • Scene of the Crime: A Tooth for a Tooth

    Scene of the Crime: A Tooth for a Tooth (1985)
    Film (Action, Crime, Thriller and Drama) Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Add a Plot »

  • Tollwut

    Tollwut (1982)
    Film Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Add a Plot »

  • Familientag

    Familientag (1981)
    Film (Short and Family) Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Add a Plot »

  • Jauche und Levkojen

    Jauche und Levkojen (1979)
    Television (History) Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Add a Plot »

  • Wallenstein

    Wallenstein (1978)
    Television Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Add a Plot »

  • Planübung

    Planübung (1977)
    TV Movie Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Add a Plot »

  • Die Sweethearts

    Die Sweethearts (1977)
    TV Movie (Comedy) Production manager Add a Plot »

  • Sesamstraße

    Sesamstraße (1973)
    Television (Family) Director The German version of the original "Sesame Street". Many segments have been taken from the American original, some have been produced specifically for German kids, featuring Samson the bear, Tiffy the bird and their friends.

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