Born in Dresden in 1979. From `99 to 2006 Robert studied journalism and psychology in Leipzig. 2004/05 traineeship at ZDF. Since 2001 he has worked as a reporter for MDR and ARTE and as a freelance author and producer. Since 2004 he has been working with the Italian filmmaker Nina Mair, with whom he runs the authors' collective Libellulafilm. Together they realize films and reports for cinema and TV, as well as multimedia projects. In 2006 they produced their first long documentary film together. In 2008 he completed the Discovery Campus Masterclass. Lecturer at various documentary film workshops since 2012. From 2014-2018 guest lecturer at the University of Leipzig, department of journalism.

In 2020, Robert Jahn was awarded the German-Czech Journalist Prize in the "Multimedia" category.