Dennis Gansel
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday4 October 1973 (52 years old)
Place of birthHanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Known credits24
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…
The Tank
2025 · Writer
The Tank
2025 · Director
Hot Girl Summer
2025 · Thanks
Jim Button and the Wild 13
2020 · Director
Berlin, I Love You
2019 · Director
Berlin, I Love You
2019 · Writer
We Are the Wave
2019 · Executive Producer
We Are the Wave
2019 · Creator
Das Boot
2018 · Director
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
2018 · Director
Mechanic: Resurrection
2016 · Director
The Fourth State
2012 · Director
The Fourth State
2012 · Writer
Room 205 of Fear
2011 · Psychiatrist
We Are the Night
2010 · Director
We Are the Night
2010 · Writer
Men in the City
2009 · Lars
The Wave
2008 · Martin
The Wave
2008 · Director
The Wave
2008 · Screenplay
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
2004 · self - guest
Before the Fall
2004
Before the Fall
2004 · Director
Before the Fall
2004 · Writer
Girls on Top
2001
Girls on Top
2001 · Director
Das Phantom
2000 · Director
Das Phantom
2000 · Writer
Living Dead
1997 · Director
Living Dead
1997 · Writer
The Wrong Trip
1996 · Director
Bavarian Film Awards
1979 · Self
Grimme Award
1964 · Self
German Film Award
1951 · Self
Im Auftrag des Herrn
Ben
Grim Night
Director
Im Auftrag des Herrn
Director
Im Auftrag des Herrn
Writer
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