
Person
Dennis Gansel
Directing · Born 1973-10-04 · Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
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. 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.
Known for
Grimme Award
Self
German Film Award
Self

Das Boot
Director
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
self - guest

The Tank
Director

Mechanic: Resurrection
Director

The Wave
Martin

We Are the Wave
Executive Producer

Hot Girl Summer
Thanks
Filmography
- 2025The TankDirector
- 2025Hot Girl SummerThanks
- 2020Jim Button and the Wild 13Director
- 2019Berlin, I Love YouDirector
- 2019We Are the WaveExecutive Producer
- 2018Das BootDirector
- 2018Jim Button and Luke the Engine DriverDirector
- 2016Mechanic: ResurrectionDirector
- 2012The Fourth StateWriter
- 2011Room 205 of FearPsychiatrist
- 2010We Are the NightDirector
- 2009Men in the CityLars
- 2008The WaveMartin
- 2004Sarah Kuttner – Die Showself - guest
- 2004Before the Fall
- 2001Girls on TopDirector
- 2000Das PhantomDirector
- 1997Living DeadDirector
- 1996The Wrong TripDirector
- 1979Bavarian Film AwardsSelf
- 1964Grimme AwardSelf
- 1951German Film AwardSelf
- —Im Auftrag des HerrnBen
- —Grim NightDirector
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