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Dennis Gansel (b. 1973)

Birthplace:
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Born:
October 4, 1973

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
1996  The Wrong Trip
2000  Das Phantom
2001  Girls on Top
2004  Before the Fall
2008  The Wave
2010  We Are the Night
2012  The Fourth State
2016  Mechanic: Resurrection
2018  Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
2019  Berlin, I Love You
2020  Jim Button and the Wild 13
????  Grim Night
????  The Tiger

Screenplay:
1996  The Wrong Trip
2000  Das Phantom
2001  Girls on Top
2004  Before the Fall
2008  The Wave
2010  We Are the Night
2012  The Fourth State
2016  Mechanic: Resurrection
2018  Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
2019  Berlin, I Love You
2020  Jim Button and the Wild 13
????  Grim Night
????  The Tiger

Writer:
1996  The Wrong Trip
2000  Das Phantom
2001  Girls on Top
2004  Before the Fall
2008  The Wave
2010  We Are the Night
2012  The Fourth State
2016  Mechanic: Resurrection
2018  Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
2019  Berlin, I Love You
2020  Jim Button and the Wild 13
????  Grim Night
????  The Tiger

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Creator:
2019  We Are the Wave

Director:
2018  Das Boot
2019  We Are the Wave

Executive Producer:
2018  Das Boot
2019  We Are the Wave

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