Dennis Gansel (born 4 October 1973) is a German
film director,
writer
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and
actor
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.
Life and career
Gansel was born in 1973 in
Hannover
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,
West Germany
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, where he graduated from high school in 1993. Gansel worked in the festivals for film and television and chose to dedicate his compulsory service to helping disabled people. During this time, he prepared himself for film school. He studied at
University of Television and Film Munich for 5 years. Gansel is best known for directing ''
The Wave'' and his following project; the
vampire film
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''
We Are The Night'', which starred
Karoline Herfurth
Karoline Herfurth (; born 22 May 1984) is a German actress.
Life and career
Herfurth was born in East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of a psychologist mother and a geriatric nurse practitioner father. Her parents divorced when she was tw ...
,
Nina Hoss
Nina Hoss (; born 7 July 1975) is a German stage and film actress.
Early life
Hoss was born in Stuttgart, West Germany. Her father, , was a German trade unionist and politician (member of the Bundestag with The Greens). Her mother, , was an ac ...
,
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.
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Filmography
German Awards
* F.W. Murnau Kurzfilmpreis for ''
The Wrong Trip''
* F.W. Murnau Kurzfilmpreis for ''
Living Dead
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''
* Adolf-Grimme-Preis 2001 for ''
Das Phantom
''Das Phantom'' (''The Phantom'') is a 2000 German thriller TV movie directed by Dennis Gansel. It is based on the book ''Das RAF-Phantom'' and stars Jürgen Vogel.
Plot
Policeman Leon Kramer (Vogel) and his partner Pit (Sözer) are observing tw ...
''
*
Bundesfilmpreis
The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany
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2003 best unpicturized script for ''
Before the Fall''
* Bayerischer Filmpreis 2005 for ''
Before the Fall''
* Deutscher Filmpreis LOLA Bronze for ''
The Wave''
* Sitges - Special Prize of the Jury for ''
We Are The Night''
References
External links
*
Website of Dennis Gansel
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1973 births
German film directors
Living people
Actors from Hanover
Film people from Hanover