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Jan Krawitz

Known for

Directing

Biography

Jan Krawitz has been independently producing documentary films for 35 years. Her work has been exhibited at film festivals in the United States and abroad, including Sundance, the New York Film Festival, Visions du Réel, Edinburgh, SilverDocs, London, Sydney, Full Frame, South by Southwest and the Flaherty Film Seminar. She has recently completed Perfect Strangers, a documentary that follows one woman as she embarks on an unpredictable, four-year journey of twists and turns, determined to give away one of her kidneys. Krawitz’s previous film, Big Enough, was broadcast on the national PBS series P.O.V. and internationally in eighteen countries. Her documentaries, Mirror Mirror, In Harm’s Way,...

Best known work

Little People

Little People

1982
Big Enough

Big Enough

2004
Drive-in Blues

Drive-in Blues

1987
Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror

1990
Faerie Tales

Faerie Tales

1992
Styx

Styx

1977
Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

2013
Esto, que llevo dentro

Esto, que llevo dentro

2021
Nice Girls Don't Ask

Nice Girls Don't Ask

2025
Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff

Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff

1979

Filmography

  1. 2025

    Nice Girls Don't Ask

    Director, Writer, Producer

  2. 2021

  3. 2013

    Perfect Strangers

    Director, Producer, Editor

  4. 2004

    Big Enough

    Director

  5. 1992

    Faerie Tales

    Technical Advisor

  6. 1990

  7. 1987

    Drive-in Blues

    Director, Producer, Sound Recordist

  8. 1982

  9. 1979

    Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff

    Director, Producer, Editor

  10. 1977

    Styx

    Director

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