Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
October 4, 1973 (52 years old)
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Dennis Gansel
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.
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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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Known For
Acting
Directing
The Tank
Director, Writer
2025
Jim Button and the Wild 13
Director
2020
Berlin, I Love You
Director, Writer
2019
We Are the Wave
Executive Producer, Creator
2019
Das Boot
Director
2018
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
Director
2018
Mechanic: Resurrection
Director
2016
The Fourth State
Writer, Director
2012
We Are the Night
Director, Writer
2010
The Wave
Director, Screenplay
2008
Before the Fall
Director, Writer
2004
Girls on Top
Director
2001