Dennis Gansel

Dennis Gansel ( born October 4, 1973 in Hannover ) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Life and work

During his school years Gansel attended from 1987 to 1993 the Tellkampfschule in Hanover, where he graduated with the Abitur. From 1993 to 1995 he did his community service. From 1994 until 2000 he studied with his longtime producer colleague and friend Christian Studies - Becker at the University of Television and Film Munich.

His first film was the short film The Wrong trip from the year 1995. His first feature film directed Gansel 1999 The Phantom, a RAF - political thriller with Jürgen Vogel as investigators in the lead role. The film was broadcast on television in May 2000 and found not only an enormous press coverage, but also won three Adolf Grimme prices. His film debut was in 2001 with Dennis Gansel girl, girl.

In 2008, his film was The Wave, he also realized again with his producer Becker, the German cinema. The film was at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema section - shown Dramatic, but had to in the award of the jury prize defeated the Swedish contribution ping pongkingen by Jens Jonsson. For this he won in the category of best German feature film the German Film Award in Bronze.

In 2010 he led then in the vampire movie We Are the Night directed and fulfilled a longtime dream, as he had the basic idea for the film already in 1996/97 at the film school. On August 8, 2012 Universal Pictures announced that Gansel will make his U.S. debut and will be directing the horror film Grim Night.

Filmography

As a director,

As a screenwriter

As a performer,

Awards

• Bavarian Film Award 2005 for Before the Fall - Elite for the leader
• German Film Award Best Screenplay unverfilmtes 2003 NAPOLA - Elite for the leader
• Adolf Grimme Prize in 2001 for The Phantom
• German Film Award 2008 in bronze for The Wave ( Best Feature Film )