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Dennis Gansel

Dennis Gansel

Known For Directing
Birthday Oct 04, 1973 (52)
Birthplace Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 prep ... ared 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Gansel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Men in the City

Men in the City

2009

as Lars

The Wave

The Wave

2008

as Martin

The Tiger

The Tiger

2025

Writer

Berlin, I Love You

Berlin, I Love You

2019

Writer

The Fourth State

The Fourth State

2012

Writer

The Wave

The Wave

2008

Screenplay

Before the Fall

Before the Fall

2004

Writer

The Tiger

The Tiger

2025

Director

Berlin, I Love You

Berlin, I Love You

2019

Director

Mechanic: Resurrection

Mechanic: Resurrection

2016

Director

The Fourth State

The Fourth State

2012

Director

The Wave

The Wave

2008

Director

Before the Fall

Before the Fall

2004

Director

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Organization Category Movie
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Grimme-Preis-Verleihung

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1964

Deutscher Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1951

Bayerischer Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 01, 1979

Sarah Kuttner – Die Show

as self - guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 2004

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