Director
Dennis Gansel
October 4, 1973 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Max Riemelt
5 titles together
The Wave, Before the Fall, We Are the Night
Jennifer Ulrich
3 titles together
The Wave, We Are the Night, Room 205 of Fear
Henning Baum
3 titles together
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver, Girls on Top, Jim Button and the Wild 13
Jürgen Vogel
2 titles together
The Wave, Das Phantom
Cristina do Rego
2 titles together
The Wave, We Are the Night
Tino Mewes
2 titles together
The Wave, Room 205 of Fear
Full filmography · 17
Im Auftrag des Herrn
as Ben and Director and Writer
Upcoming
The Tank
Writer and Director
20257.1
Jim Button and the Wild 13
Director
20205.9
Berlin, I Love You
Director and Writer
20194.8
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
Director
20186.4
Mechanic: Resurrection
Director
20166.1
The Fourth State
Director and Writer
20126
Room 205 of Fear
as Psychiatrist
20114.8
We Are the Night
Director and Writer
20106
Men in the City
as Lars
20096.1
The Wave
as Martin and Director
20087.5
Before the Fall
cast and Director and Writer
20047.1