Jakob Weis (b. 1970) is a dramaturge, scriptwriter and script consultant. Jakob has written more than thirty plays since his debut in 1993. He has received five Reumert Prize nominations for Best Danish Dramatist, winning the award on three occasions. Jakob serves as chair of the jury for Debut Dramatist, a Danish scriptwriting competition. Jakob Weis was awarded the Reumert prize for Best Manuscript for HELMER HARDCORE and THE SURVIVAL HANDBOOK (HÅNDBOG I OVERLEVELSE) in 2007, for ERASE HORNSLETH (UDSLET HORNSLETH) in 2011, and for his librettist debut, HAMLET IN ABSENTIA in 2017. He was nominated for the Reumert Prize in 2002 for THE FUR HUNTERS (PELSJÆGERNE), for THE CASPER CHRISTENSEN COMPLEX (CASPER CHRISTENSEN KOMPLEKSET) in 2014, and has a long list of other awards. Jakob Weis is lecturer and mentor at The Danish National School of Playwriting.
Jakob Weis has been translated into English, French, Spanish, Swedish and Norwegian.
Jakob Weis © Mads Emil Landhoff
