Dennis Gansel

Born: 1973-10-4

Birthplace: Hannover, Germany

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Profession: Director, screenwriter, producer, actor

Nationality: Germany

Graduate School: Munich Film School

Representative Works: None, Napola, Inspur, Year of the Dog, Berlin, I Love You, The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Mechanic: Resurrection

Dennis Gansel (Dennis Gansel), born in Hannover, Germany on October 4, 1973, is a German director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

In 1996, directed his first short film "The Wrong Journey", which won the Friedrich Wilhelm Munau Award for Excellent Short Film. In 2000, he directed his first feature film " Nothing ", which won the Adolf Grimmer Award for German Fiction/Entertainment Award and the Audience Award at the Baden TV Film Festival. In 2004, he directed the feature film " Napola ", for which he won the Best Director Award in Bavaria, Germany and the Best Screenplay Award in the German Film Award ^[1] . In 2008, he directed the feature film " Inspur " ^[2] , which won the Special Jury Award of the Istanbul International Film Festival. In 2012, directed the thriller film "The Year of the Dog" ^[3] . In 2016, directed the thriller film " Mechanic: Resurrection " ^[4] . In 2019, he co-directed the feature film " Berlin, I Love You " with Dianna Agron and Tilman Valentin Schweiger ^[5] . In 2020, he will be the director of the feature film "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea".

Performing Experience

In 2004, he directed the feature film " Napola " co-starring Max Riemelt and Tom Schilling . The film won the Best Picture Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival in New York and the Best Picture Award at the Viareggio Film Festival in Italy. With this film, he won the Best Director Award in Bavaria, Germany and the Best Screenplay Award in the German Film Award .

In 2008, directed the feature film " Inspur " co-starred by Jürgen Vogel , Frederick Lau and Max Riemelt . The film was adapted from the novel of the same name by the German novelist Todd Strasser, about the high school teacher Rainer Wenge Through classroom experiments, students were led to experience the story of the fascist dictatorship . They were shortlisted for the Best Film Award at the Sundance International Film Festival in the United States, the Best Film Award at the European Film Awards, and won the Special Jury Award at the Istanbul International Film Festival.

In 2010, the thriller film " Wir sind die Nacht " directed by him was released. In 2012, directed the thriller film "The Year of the Dog" co-starring Rade Šerbedžija , Moritz J. Bleibtreu and Kasia Smutniak .

In 2016, directed the action thriller film " Mechanic: Resurrection " co-starring Jason Statham and Jessica Marie Alba ; in the same year, the adventure family film " Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver " directed by him was released. In 2019, he co-directed the feature film " Berlin, I Love You " with Dianna Agron and Tilman Valentin Schweiger . The film tells ten romantic stories in the German capital . In 2020, he will be the director of the feature film "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea".

Character Evaluation

In the movie "Inspur", the director Dennis Gansel carried out a continuous discussion on the Nazi phenomenon with his unique vision . He cleverly placed such a heavy theme in the seemingly prosperous and stable German society. This unique design, The arrangement with strong contrast can guide people's thinking more effectively. At the same time, it shows a picture scroll of authoritarian and totalitarian images, depicting the various relationships between the individual and the collective. It is not difficult to see the deep thinking and sober cognition of the director Dennis Gansel, using the charm and expression of film art itself to stimulate the audience’s thinking. Warn the audience that under any ideology, there may be totalitarian factors Journal of North China Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydropower , "Contemporary Film" comprehensive review).

Extended Reading

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