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| Popular As | Jane Bussmann |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Age | 55 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 5, 1969 (Marylebone, London, England, UK) |
| Birthday | May 5 |
| Town/City | Marylebone, London, England, UK |
| Nationality | UK |
Jane Bussmann’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Jane Bussmann was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
At 19 Jane Bussmann was hired to write a newspaper column for The Guardian.At 22 she was hired by the BBC as comedy writer for radio presenters and at 24 (with David Quantick) sold the BBC two sitcom pilots, What On Earth and Put Out More Fags (1999).
Both were produced.Bussmann and Quantick created, wrote and produced (with Jess Search) the world's first Internet sitcom, The Junkies (2001), later broadcast by Channel 4. Starring Sally Phillips (Veep (2012), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)), Peter Serafinowicz (Shaun of the Dead (2004)) and Peter Baynham (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)) it got 3,000,000 hits on dial up modems and heavy media coverage.
Bussmann sold eighteen sitcom pilots to the BBC, HBO, NBC, 3 Arts, Channel 4 UK among others.She wrote for over 50 shows, notably South Park (1997).She was Script Editor on the Emmy-winning series Smack the Pony (1999).
Bussmann was a staff writer on the most controversial program in British television history, Christopher Morris' Brass Eye: Paedophilia (2001). This special became lead story on the BBC News. The legendary British satire shows Brass Eye (1997) and Jam (2000) won the Writer's Guild Award, two British Comedy Awards, a Gold Sony Award, four Silver Sony Awards and a Royal Television Society Award.
She was staff writer on Armando Iannucci's The Saturday Night Armistice (1995) (Bronze Rose of Montreux, Broadcast Award) and two seasons of So Graham Norton (1998).At 26, Bussmann optioned the screenplay "Single Girl's Diary" to Granada US.
As a writer/performer Bussmann began on BBC radio and became a correspondent on classic shows like _Loose Ends_ hosted by Ned Sherrin of "That Was The Week That Was". She was a panelist on the BBC's "The Now Show", "The Treatment" and ITV's "The Sundays".
Bussmann and Quantick starred in a BBC sketch series "Bussmann & Quantick Kingsize".In 1998 Bussmann published the book "Once In A Lifetime", winning Muzik's "Book of the Year", "Book of the Summer" in the Times, "Book of the Year" in the NME and "Book of the Month" in GQ, the Editor-in-Chief James Brown personally reviewing it as "So good it's dangerous".
In 2009 she published The Worst Date Ever, optioned by Film4.Bussmann studied directing at USC. Her college short My Terrorist Dad (2003) was featured in BAFTA's Academy magazine and the Independent on Sunday as a "New Filmmaker to watch".
As a newspaper columnist Bussmann writes "Bussmann's Holidays" for Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper, winning Journalist of the Year (AITO, nominated as Travel Writer Of The Year British Press Awards.
She wrote a column for The Face and The List.
