Peter W. Jansen was born on November 11, 1930 in Elsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany as Peter Wilhelm Jansen. He was a director and writer, known for Lebensläufe - Rainer Werner Fassbinder im Gespräch (1978), Die Nacht der Traumfabrik (1986) and Ratschlag für Kinogänger (1967). He was married to Anne.