---
name: "Jane Seitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jane-seitz"
fi1m_id: "jane-seitz"
imdb_id: "nm0782712"
tmdb_id: 2362
wikidata_id: "Q12012268"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "17 August 1942"
died: "4 January 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:48:08.476845+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jane Seitz

## Identity

Jane Seitz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jane-seitz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jane-seitz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0782712
- **TMDB ID:** 2362
- **Wikidata ID:** Q12012268
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Seitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12012268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2362

Editor. Born 17 August 1942 in Germany. Died 4 January 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 17 August 1942, Germany
- **Died:** 4 January 1988
- **Active:** 1977–1986
- **Also known as:** Jane Seitz-Sperr, Jane Sperr, Juliane Sperr
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Seitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12012268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2362

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Name of the Rose*](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md) (77)

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## Biography

Jane Seitz (also credited as Jane Seitz-Sperr, Jane Sperr and Juliane Sperr) was a German film editor. She was born on 17 August 1942 and died on 4 January 1988.

Seitz worked on numerous German and international productions, often for producer Bernd Eichinger. Her credits include editing *Soldier of Orange* (1977, as Jane Sperr), *Christiane F.* (1981), *The NeverEnding Story* (1984) and *The Name of the Rose* (1986). She received a nomination for the David di Donatello Award for Best Editing for the latter film. Her final credit was the comedy *Felix* (1988).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Fi1m 77, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Felix* (1988), Editor
- *Now or Never* (1986), Editor
- *Miscellaneous News* (1986), Editor
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)
- *The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time* (1985), Editor
- *The NeverEnding Story* (1984), Editor
- *Christiane F.* (1981), Editor
- *Gibbi West Germany* (1980), Editor
- *The Last Years of Childhood* (1979), Editor
- *For Queen and Country* (1979), series, Editor
- *Mysteries* (1978), Editor
- *Moritz, Dear Moritz* (1978), Editor
- *Soldier of Orange* (1977), Editor, Script Supervisor
- *Die Eroberung der Zitadelle* (1977), Editor
- *Coup de Grâce* (1976), Editor
- *Katie Tippel* (1975), Editor
- *The Brutalization of Franz Blum* (1974), Editor
- *Supermarket* (1974), Writer, Editor
- *Die Blonde da oben* (1974), Director
- *Supergirl* (1971), Editor
- *Deadlock* (1970), Editor
- *The Fire Tongs Bowl* (1970), Editor
- *Gentlemen in White Vests* (1970), Editor
- *Hunting Scenes from Bavaria* (1969), Editor
- *Little Vampire* (1968), Editor

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