Dennis Gansel

Dennis Gansel

  • Birthday: 1973-10-04
  • Place of birth: Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Biography

Dennis Gansel (born 4 October 1973) is a German film director, writer and actor. Gansel was born in 1973 in Hanover, Germany. He grew up in East Berlin and started making films when he was 17. Gansel worked in the festivals for film and television and with disabled people. During this time, he prepared himself for film school. He studied at Munich Film School HFF where he studied for 5 years. Gansel is best known for directing The Wave and his following project; the vampire film We Are The Night, which starred Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer and Max Riemelt. Other than directing, Gansel has also tried acting. He has had several small roles in his own movies as wells as others. Gansel frequently casts Max Riemelt in his films and frequently works with editor Jochen Retter and composer/musician Heiko Maile. His favourite director is Sydney Pollack. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Gansel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Room 205 of Fear

2011

As Psychiatrist

The Wave

2008

As Martin

Men in the City

2009

As Lars

Production

The Wave

2008

As Director

Girls on Top

2001

As Director

Before the Fall

2004

As Director

Das Phantom

2000

As Director

We Are the Night

2010

As Director

The Fourth State

2012

As Director

Grim Night

0000

As Director

Mechanic: Resurrection

2016

As Director

The Wrong Trip

1996

As Director

Berlin, I Love You

2019

As Director

Der Tiger

0000

As Director

The Wave

2008

As Screenplay

We Are the Night

2010

As Writer

The Fourth State

2012

As Writer

Das Phantom

2000

As Writer

Before the Fall

2004

As Writer

Berlin, I Love You

2019

As Writer

Der Tiger

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As Writer

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