Dennis Gansel

Dennis Gansel (b. 1973, Hannover) studied at the Hochshule für Fernsehen und Film in Munich. He began to make a name for himself with a number of shorts (The Wrong Trip - 1996, Living Dead – 1998, Im Aufrang des Herrn - 1998). He debuted in television with the political thriller Das Phantom (2000) with Jürgen Vogel in the lead role, which was extremely well received in the press and brought him a series of awards, including the Adolf-Grimme-Preis. His next film, the teenage comedy Mädchen Mädchen! starring Diana Amft, became a hit in Germany. The drama Napola was based on a screenplay which – like all the scripts for his previous films – he wrote with Maggie Peren and which won the German Film Award in 2003. The film was also shot in Prague and Bouzov.

MFF Karlovy Vary