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Directing

Jan Haft

Career

Active from 1965 to 2026, with a break from 1966 to 2001, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Green Planet
The Green Planet
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 0.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 3.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jan Haft Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    0.4, average 4.8
  • Tension
    1.6, average 5.9
  • Mystery
    0.0, average 3.9
  • Violence
    0.2, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nature Documentary 6
  • Educational 4
  • Wildlife Exploration 3
  • Environmental Awareness 2
  • Visually Stunning 2
  • Visual Spectacle 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 68
Fabulous Insects - Ants
Fabulous Insects - Ants (2025)

Director

Orcas - Life in Black and White
Orcas - Life in Black and White (2025)

Cinematography

Fabulous Insects - Beetles
Fabulous Insects - Beetles (2024)

Director

A Butterfly's Tale
A Butterfly's Tale (2023)

Director

Im Wald der wilden Bienen
Im Wald der wilden Bienen (2022)

Director

White Winter
White Winter (2022)

Director, Writer

The Story of the Saffron Butterfly
The Story of the Saffron Butterfly (2022)

Director

Wolves: Power of the Pack
Wolves: Power of the Pack (2022)

Camera Operator

Homeland Nature
Homeland Nature (2021)

Director of Photography, Editor

Echoes of the Ice Age
Echoes of the Ice Age (2021)

Director, Writer

The Hidden Life of Trees
The Hidden Life of Trees (2020)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

NORWAY´S MAGICAL FJORDS
NORWAY´S MAGICAL FJORDS (2020)

Camera Operator, Director

2010s

17 titles · average score 73
Magical Iceland: Living on the World's Largest Volcanic Island
Magical Iceland: Living on the World's Largest Volcanic Island (2019)

Editor, Camera Operator

Die Wiese: Ein Paradies nebenan
Die Wiese: Ein Paradies nebenan (2019)

Director, Writer

One in a Thousand
One in a Thousand (2019)

Writer, Director

The Norwegian Fjords: Life in the Twilights
The Norwegian Fjords: Life in the Twilights (2019)

Director

Kinder der Sonne - Unsere Schmetterlinge
Kinder der Sonne - Unsere Schmetterlinge (2017)

Director

Magie der Moore
Magie der Moore (2015)

Director, Writer

Wild Slovakia
Wild Slovakia (2015)

Director, Writer

Seeadler - Der Vogel Phönix
Seeadler - Der Vogel Phönix (2015)

Director

Secrets of the North Sea
Secrets of the North Sea (2013)

Director

The Green Planet
The Green Planet (2012)
GoodWatch score 73

Producer, Director

Poppy's Promise: Secret Life in a Cornfield
Poppy's Promise: Secret Life in a Cornfield (2010)

Director

Mission Gombessa - Die Jagd nach dem Methusalem der Meere
Mission Gombessa - Die Jagd nach dem Methusalem der Meere (2010)

Director

2000s

4 titles
Mythos Wald
Mythos Wald (2009)

Director

The Meadow
The Meadow (2007)

Director

Die Geschichte der Blumenwiese
Die Geschichte der Blumenwiese (2006)

Director

Göttervögel, Galgenvögel - Geschichten von Kolkrabe & Co.
Göttervögel, Galgenvögel - Geschichten von Kolkrabe & Co. (2002)

Writer, Camera Operator