| Who is it? | Director, Writer, Actor |
| Birth Day | October 04, 1973 |
| Birth Place | Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany, West Germany |
| Age | 49 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Awards | Bayerischer Filmpreis 2005 Before the Fall Bundesfilmpreis 2003 Before the Fall Adolf-Grimme-Preis 2001 Das Phantom |
Gansel was born in 1973 in Hannover, 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.
