Directing
Dennis Gansel
DE, EN cinema · 18 credits
Born
4 October 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
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.
Known for
Filmography
Im Auftrag des Herrn
Im Auftrag des Herrn
as Ben, Director, Writer
Grim Night
Grim Night
Director
The Tank
Director, Writer
Berlin, I Love You
Director, Writer
The Fourth State
Writer, Director
Room 205 of Fear
as Psychiatrist
We Are the Night
Director, Writer
Men in the City
as Lars
The Wave
as Martin, Director, Screenplay
Before the Fall
Actor, Director, Writer
Girls on Top
Actor, Director
Das Phantom
Director, Writer
Living Dead
1997
Living Dead
Director, Writer