Dennis Gansel
Directing
- Born
- October 4, 1973 (age 53) · 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.
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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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Known for
Mechanic: Resurrection
August 25, 2016
The Wave
March 13, 2008
The Tank
September 18, 2025
Before the Fall
July 4, 2004
We Are the Night
October 28, 2010
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
March 29, 2018
Girls on Top
March 29, 2001
Berlin, I Love You
December 4, 2019
Jim Button and the Wild 13
October 1, 2020
The Fourth State
March 8, 2012
Das Phantom
May 4, 2000
Behind the camera15
- 2025The Tank Writer, Director
- 2020Jim Button and the Wild 13 Director
- 2019Berlin, I Love You Director, Writer
- 2018Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver Director
- 2016Mechanic: Resurrection Director
- 2012The Fourth State Director, Writer
- 2010We Are the Night Director, Writer
- 2008The Wave Director, Screenplay
- 2004Before the Fall Director, Writer
- 2001Girls on Top