Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
June 21, 1969 (56 years old)
Lüneburg, Germany
Sebastian Niemann
Biography
Sebastian Niemann is a German director and screenwriter born in Lüneburg, Germany in June 21, 1968.
Niemann began his studies at the University of Television and Film Munich in 1994 and was able to reap the first international recognition with his short film, Prosecutor, by winning the Special Prize of European Television Channels, which was part of the International Festival of Fantasy "Horror & Science Fiction" in Brussels.
Together with Rainer Matsutani he wrote the screenplay for the fantasy comedy Nur über meine Leiche (1995) with Katja Riemann and Christoph M. Ohrt and staged Das Spiegelbild, the third episode of the television film Ghost Hour (1997) with Jan Niklas and Corinna Harfouch in the lead roles.
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Then, in 1998, Sebastian Niemann staged the ProSieben mystery thriller Biikenbrennen - The Curse of the Sea with Christoph M. Ohrt and Anja Kling, in which he teamed up for the first time with producer Christian Becker (then under 'Indigo Filmproduktion').
Known For
Directing
Hui Buh and the Witch's Castle
Director, Screenplay
2022
The Privilege
Writer
2022
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
Writer
2018
Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher
Director
2016
Killing Is My Business, Honey
Director, Screenplay
2009
Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost
Director, Screenplay
2006
The Hunt for the Hidden Relic
Director
2002
7 Days to Live
Director
2000
Over My Dead Body
Screenplay
1995