Sebastian Niemann (director)
Sebastian Niemann (born June 21, 1968 in Lüneburg ) is a German director and screenwriter .
Life
Niemann began in 1994 his studies at the University of Television and Film Munich and has already with his created there short film, Followers reap the first international recognition by winning the Special Prize of the European Television channels, which as part of the "International Festival of Fantasy , Horror & Science Fiction “in Brussels . Together with Rainer Matsutani , he wrote the script for the fantasy comedy Nur über Meine Leiche (1995) with Katja Riemann and Christoph M. Ohrt and directed Das Spiegelbild , the third episode of the television film Geisterstunde (1997) with Jan Niklas and Corinna Harfouch in the Leading roles. Sebastian Niemann then directed the ProSieben mystery thriller Biikenbrennen - The Curse of the Sea with Christoph M. Ohrt and Anja Kling in 1998 , where he teamed up for the first time with producer Christian Becker (at that time under 'Indigo Filmproduktion').
Sebastian Niemann's first international feature film followed in 2000: 7 Days to Live with Amanda Plummer , Sean Pertwee and Nick Brimble . In 2002 Das Jesus Video was created , an event-adventure-thriller in two parts based on the bestseller by Andreas Eschbach - in the leading roles Matthias Koeberlin and Naike Rivelli . In 2005 the shooting of Hui Buh - The Castle Ghost took place in Prague . The film was released in 2006. In 2007 Sebastian Niemann directed the romantic killer comedy Murder is My Business, Darling with an international cast, which was released in 2009. In 2016 Sebastian Niemann directed the television film Jack the Ripper - A woman chases a murderer for Sat.1 in Vilnius with Sonja Gerhardt, Falk Hentschel, Nicholas Farrell and Sabin Tambrea in the leading roles.
Director (selection)
- 1994: Followers (short film)
- 1997: Witching hour - elevator to the afterlife
- 1999: Biikenbrennen - The Curse of the Sea
- 2000: You live another 7 days
- 2002: The Jesus Video
- 2006: Hui Buh - The Castle Ghost
- 2009: murder is my business, darling
- 2016: Jack the Ripper - A woman chases a murderer
- 2019: Hui Buh and the witch's castle (pre-production)
Screenplay (selection)
- 1995: only over my corpse
- 1997: Witching hour - elevator to the beyond
- 2002: The Jesus Video (uncredited)
- 2004: Hui Buh - The Castle Ghost
- 2009: murder is my business, darling
- 2018: Jim Button and Lukas the Engine Driver
- 2019: Hui Buh and the witch's castle (pre-production)
Web links
- Sebastian Niemann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- official homepage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niemann, Sebastian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luneburg |